Termination of small diameter (125 μm) plastic optical fiber for 1×12 datacommunication

Author

Van Hove, A. ; Coosemans, T. ; Dhoedt, Bart ; Van Daele, P. ; Baets, R. ; Van Koetsem, J. ; Van Den Torren, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium

fYear

1998

fDate

25-28 May 1998

Firstpage

783

Lastpage

789

Abstract

It is the purpose of this paper to investigate the potential of 125 μm plastic optical fibre (POF) in coupling applications and in short distance parallel datacom applications. To this end, the termination of small diameter (125 μm) POF in a 1×12 array has been investigated. To align and fix the fibres on a 250 μm pitch, we used a standard MT^TM ferrule. Three termination techniques were investigated: hot knife cutting, polishing and hot plate flattening. Transmission measurements were performed at a wavelength of 633 nm on a number of small diameter POF arrays. MT^TM terminated POF ribbons were coupled to each other. With the three termination techniques, mentioned before, coupling losses of 0.9, 0.7 and 0.4 dB have been obtained. In addition, measurements on lateral misalignment tolerances were carried out

Keywords

cutting; data communication equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical interconnections; polishing; 0.4 to 0.9 dB; 1×12 array; 125 micron; 250 micron; 633 nm; POF ribbons; coupling applications; coupling losses; data communication; hot knife cutting; hot plate flattening; lateral misalignment tolerances; optical fiber termination; plastic optical fiber; polishing; short distance parallel datacom applications; small diameter fiber; standard MT ferrule; termination techniques; Connectors; Costs; Glass; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Plastics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components & Technology Conference, 1998. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4526-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1998.678796

Filename

678796