DocumentCode
14665
Title
Physical-contact-type fan-out device for multicore fibre
Author
Abe, Y. ; Shikama, K. ; Yanagi, S. ; Takahashi, Tatsuro
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Volume
49
Issue
11
fYear
2013
fDate
May 23 2013
Firstpage
711
Lastpage
712
Abstract
Demonstrated is a fan-out device using small diameter fibres for 7-core singlemode multicore fibre, which realises a compact size with ferrules and a split sleeve, and also achieves physical contact connection with an average connection loss of 0.17 dB and a return loss exceeding 49 dB.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; optical fibres; 7-core singlemode multicore fibre; compact size; ferrules; optical fibre; physical contact connection; physical-contact-type fan-out device; return loss; split sleeve; transmission capacity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2013.1262
Filename
6548185
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