Design and performance of an angled physical contact type multifiber connector

Author

Kihara, Mitsuru ; Nagasawa, Shinji ; Tanifuji, Tadatoshi

Author_Institution

NTT Network Syst. Dev. Center, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

542

Lastpage

548

Abstract

An angled, physical contact type multifiber connector is developed on the basis of a structural design which enables direct fiber endface contact between multifiber arrays. The direct contact is achieved by utilizing the elastic nature of a ferrule material under compressive force. The fabricated connector provides a low insertion loss of 0.2 dB and a high return loss of 58.8 dB without index-matching. This connector is used in the successful development of push-on type and backpanel type 16-fiber connectors with a low insertion loss of 0.25 dB and a high return loss of 58.0 dB for future subscriber networks

Keywords

compressive strength; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre subscriber loops; 0.2 dB; 0.25 dB; 58.0 dB; angled physical contact type multifiber connector; backpanel type 16-fiber connectors; compressive force; direct fiber endface contact; elastic nature; ferrule material; high return loss; low insertion loss; multifiber arrays; push-on type; structural design; subscriber networks; Connectors; Contacts; Equations; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical refraction; Size measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.491391

Filename

491391