Return loss characteristics of optical fiber connectors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1986-1991

  Kihara, Mitsuru ^a,b   Nagasawa, Shinji ^a,b   Tanifuji, Tadatoshi ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Telephone Organization of Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; LOSSES; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INDEX MATCHING MATERIAL; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS; RETURN LOSS CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL COEFFICIENT;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030247681     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.536966     Document Type: Article

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