Title :
Predicting insertion loss in multi-fiber multimode connectors
Author :
Aramais R. Zakharian;Esteban B. Marin;Christian Fiebig;Hieu V. Tran;Lisa Hepburn;Andrey Kobyakov
Author_Institution :
Science and Technology, Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY 14831, USA
Abstract :
We develop a comprehensive opto-mechanical model to accurately predict insertion loss (IL) in multi-fiber multimode physical contact connectors and study the effect of various misalignment types and launch conditions. Monte Carlo simulations show good agreement with measured IL.
Keywords :
"Connectors","Optical fibers","Force","Optical fiber networks","Optical losses"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341760
