DocumentCode
633475
Title
Connection characteristics of multicore fiber connector
Author
Sakaime, Katsuyoshi ; Nagase, Ryo ; Watanabe, K. ; Saito, Takashi
Author_Institution
Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We have developed a 7-core-fiber connector. To maintain both the ferrule floating mechanism and precise alignment around the ferrule axis, we employed Oldham´s coupling mechanism inside the MU-type connector plug housing and realized an average insertion loss of 0.13 dB.
Keywords
optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; 7-core-fiber connector; MU-type connector plug housing; Oldham coupling mechanism; connection characteristics; ferrule axis; ferrule floating mechanism; multicore fiber connector; precise alignment; Attenuation; Connectors; Loss measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical losses;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
Conference_Location
Kyoto
Type
conf
Filename
6597610
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