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  • Ferrule Endface Dimension Optimization for Standard Outer Diameter 4-Core Fiber Connector

    Kiyoshi KAMIMURA  Yuki FUJIMAKI  Kentaro MATSUDA  Ryo NAGASE  

     
    PAPER

      Pubricized:
    2023/10/02
      Vol:
    E106-C No:12
      Page(s):
    781-788

    Physical contact (PC) optical connectors realize long-term stability by maintaining contact with the optical fiber even during temperature fluctuations caused by the microscopic displacement of the ferrule endface. With multicore fiber (MCF) connectors, stable PC connection conditions need to be newly investigated because MCFs have cores other than at the center. In this work, we investigated the microscopic displacement of connected ferrule endfaces using the finite element method (FEM). As a result, by using MCF connectors with an apex offset, we found that the allowable fiber undercut where all the cores make contact is slightly smaller than that of single-mode fiber (SMF) connectors. Therefore, we propose a new equation for determining the allowable fiber undercut of MCF connectors. We also fabricated MCF connectors with an allowable fiber undercut and confirmed their reliability using the composite temperature/humidity cyclic test.