• DocumentCode
    712696
  • Title

    Single-mode 24-fiber connector with GI fiber lens array

  • Author

    Shimakawa, O. ; Arao, H. ; Matsushita, N. ; Mitose, Y. ; Sasaki, D. ; Ohmura, M. ; Kohda, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A Single-mode 24-fiber connector with GI fiber-lenses is developed. The lenses make it possible to adopt MT-connector based guide-pin-alignment. Insertion loss of 0.54dB on average and loss variation less than 0.08dB under temperature cycling is achieved.
  • Keywords
    lenses; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; GI fiber lens array; Insertion loss; MT-connector; guide-pin-alignment; loss variation; single-mode 24-fiber connector; temperature cycling; Adaptive optics; Arrays; Connectors; Lenses; Loss measurement; Optical design; Optical fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7122082