Title : 
Densely assembled low-rigidity ribbon cable using bending-loss insensitive fibers
         
        
            Author : 
Toge, Kunihiro ; Yamada, Y. ; Hogari, Kazuo
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We propose a novel ribbon designed for dense and random assembly in small core of cables with a cost effective and deformable structure to suppress the loss and strain increase caused by cabling and cable bending.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bending; optical cables; optical fibre losses; bending-loss insensitive fibers; cable bending; cost effective; deformable structure; dense and random assembly; densely assembled low-rigidity ribbon cable; small core; Arm; Assembly systems; Capacitive sensors; Costs; Manufacturing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Hong Kong
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4102-0
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4103-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OECC.2009.5213605