High-strength glass-ceramic ferrule for SC-type single-mode optical fiber connector

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1502-1504

  Takeuchi, Y ^b   Mitachi, S ^a,b   Nagase, R ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic materials; Connectors; Glass materials; Optical components; Optical fiber connecting; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DRAWING (FORMING); ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

GLASS CERAMIC FERRULES; PRECISE GLASS CERAMIC DRAWING TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0031270439     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634722     Document Type: Article

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