Title :
Optical fibre connectors using a fused and drawn multi-glass-rod arrangement
Author :
Nagasawa, S. ; Murata, Hidekazu
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
New demountable single-fibre and multifibre connectors have been constructed whose plugs include a precision multi-glass-rod arrangement, made by drawing, for locating the fibres and aligning pairs of plugs. The single-fibre and 6-fibre connectors exhibit an average insertion loss of 0.2 dB with index matching and an average off-axis of 3.5 ¿m. The connectors are potentially cost-effective and reliable.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; drawing; index matching; insertion loss; multifibre connectors; optical couplers; precision multi-glass-rod arrangement; single-fibre connectors;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810190
