A single-channel fiber optic rotary joint on the basis Of TEC fiber collimators

Author

Lei Mi ; Sheng-li Yao ; Chuan-dong Sun ; Bo Sun ; Hong-ju Zhang

Author_Institution

Xi´an Inst. of Opt. & Precision Mech., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Xi´an, China

fYear

2010

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

437

Lastpage

440

Abstract

This article describes a single-channel single-mode fiber optic rotary joint for optical data transmission based on well designed TEC fiber collimator. The insertion loss of a fiber optic rotary joint depends on the mechanical misalignments of the fiber collimator. Analysis of the characteristics of TEC fiber and TEC fiber collimator coupling characteristics. Using TEC fiber collimator can reduce the loss of angle tilt misalignment. We fabricated single-channel fiber optic rotary joint which insert loss below 1.27dB. We tested fiber-optic rotary joint by temperature shock from range of -40°C up to + 85°C, our products the average variation of insertion loss is 0.22dB.

Keywords

optical collimators; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; TEC fiber collimators; angle tilt misalignment; fiber collimator coupling; insertion loss; mechanical misalignments; single-channel single-mode fiber optic rotary joint; temperature -40 degC to 85 degC; thermally diffused expanded-core fiber; TEC fiber; TEC fiber collimator; fiber optical rotary joint; insert loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2010), 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2010.1245

Filename

5778507