• DocumentCode
    712697
  • Title

    Development of MPO type 8-multicore fiber connector

  • Author

    Watanabe, Kengo ; Saito, Tsunetoshi ; Kawasaki, Kohei ; Iwaya, Mitsuhiro ; Ando, Takayuki ; Suematsu, Katsuki ; Shiino, Masato

  • Author_Institution
    Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We developed MPO type 8-MCF (56-core) connector. Rotational alignment with alignment member and absorption of protrusion difference using compressive strain were adopted. Fabricated 8-MCF connector demonstrated all core PC and connection loss <; 0.7 dB.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; optical fibre losses; optical interconnections; 56-core connector; MPO type 8-multicore fiber connector; alignment member; all core PC; compressive strain; connection loss; protrusion difference absorption; rotational alignment; Connectors; Face; Force; Multicore processing; Optical fibers; Pressing; Strain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7122083