• DocumentCode
    600476
  • Title

    Physical contact connection of single-mode fiber with cleaved and unpolished endface

  • Author

    Koyama, R. ; Nakajima, Kensuke ; Kurashima, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The physical contact connection of an SMF with a return loss of more than 50 dB is achieved by using the cleaved fiber endface. The fiber endface requirements and appropriate cleaving conditions are clarified.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical losses; cleaved fiber endface; physical contact connection; return loss; single-mode fiber; unpolished endface; Force; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476299