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Multicore Fiber Connector with Physical-Contact Connection
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We describe a physical-contact (PC) multicore fiber (MCF) connector with good optical characteristics. To achieve stable physical-contact connection, we clarify the relationship between connector-end deformation and compression force with spherical polished ferrule end structures using finite element analysis and actual measurements. On the basis of the obtained relationship, we demonstrate a design approach that shows the physical-contact condition of all the cores of a multicore fiber with a simplex connector. In addition, we clarify the design criteria for low-loss connection by employing a rotational angle alignment structure, and devise an SC-type rotational MCF connector with high alignment accuracy. Based on our designs for PC and low-loss connection, we demonstrate an MCF connector with PC connection that provides a sufficiently high return loss exceeding 50dB and a sufficiently low connection loss of below 0.2dB for all the cores of a 7-core single-mode MCF.
- Publication
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E99-C No.2 pp.242-249
- Publication Date
- 2016/02/01
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- Online ISSN
- 1745-1353
- DOI
- 10.1587/transele.E99.C.242
- Type of Manuscript
- Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Recent Advances in Photonics Technologies and Their Applications)
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Kota SHIKAMA
NTT Corporation
Yoshiteru ABE
NTT Corporation
Shuichiro ASAKAWA
NTT Corporation
Shuichi YANAGI
NTT Corporation
Tetsuo TAKAHASHI
NTT Corporation
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Kota SHIKAMA, Yoshiteru ABE, Shuichiro ASAKAWA, Shuichi YANAGI, Tetsuo TAKAHASHI, "Multicore Fiber Connector with Physical-Contact Connection" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E99-C, no. 2, pp. 242-249, February 2016, doi: 10.1587/transele.E99.C.242.
Abstract: We describe a physical-contact (PC) multicore fiber (MCF) connector with good optical characteristics. To achieve stable physical-contact connection, we clarify the relationship between connector-end deformation and compression force with spherical polished ferrule end structures using finite element analysis and actual measurements. On the basis of the obtained relationship, we demonstrate a design approach that shows the physical-contact condition of all the cores of a multicore fiber with a simplex connector. In addition, we clarify the design criteria for low-loss connection by employing a rotational angle alignment structure, and devise an SC-type rotational MCF connector with high alignment accuracy. Based on our designs for PC and low-loss connection, we demonstrate an MCF connector with PC connection that provides a sufficiently high return loss exceeding 50dB and a sufficiently low connection loss of below 0.2dB for all the cores of a 7-core single-mode MCF.
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AU - Yoshiteru ABE
AU - Shuichiro ASAKAWA
AU - Shuichi YANAGI
AU - Tetsuo TAKAHASHI
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