An easily-assembled optical device for coupling single-mode planar waveguides to a fiber array employing novel plastic plug components

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E80-B, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 196-199

  Takaya, Masaaki ^a   Kihara, Mitsuru ^a   Nagasawa, Shinji ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connector; Insertion loss; Optical device fiber; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

PLASTIC PLUGS; SINGLE MODE PLANAR WAVEGUIDE CHIP;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030672187     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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