Title :
Field-installable single fibre connector
Author :
Hogari, K. ; Furukawa, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Res. & Dev. Manage. Dept., Tokyo
fDate :
6/5/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A field-installable single fibre connector has been developed, which uses mechanical splicing techniques and is compatible with the SC-type optical fibre connector. Its average assembly time and insertion loss are <3 min and <0.3 dB for singlemode (SM) fibre and <0.1 dB for graded-index (GI) fibre, respectively. The transmission and mechanical characteristics are confirmed to be stable
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; 0.1 dB; 0.3 dB; 3 min; assembly time; field-installable single fibre connector; graded-index fibre; insertion loss; mechanical splicing; single-mode fibre; transmission characteristics;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970722
