Optical characteristics and reliability of plastic split alignment sleeves for single-mode optical fiber connectors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1418-1425

  Shuto, Yoshito ^a   Sato, Hirotsugu ^a   Yanagi, Shuichi ^a   Ohno, Masayoshi ^a   Tohno, Shunichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; INJECTION MOLDING; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; THERMOSETS; ZIRCONIA;

GLASS CERAMIC FERRULES; PLASTIC SPLIT ALIGNMENT SLEEVES;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0033309013     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.806900     Document Type: Article

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