DocumentCode
3701066
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
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341760
Filename
7341760
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