A High-Performance Single-Mode Multifiber Connector Using Oblique and Direct Endface Contact Between Multiple Fibers Arranged in a Plastic Ferrule

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1991, Pages 937-939

  Nagasawa, S ^a   Yokoyama, Y ^a   Ashiya, F ^a   Satake, T ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - COMPONENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS - COUPLERS;

MULTIFIBER CONNECTORS; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0026242012     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.93269     Document Type: Article

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