Lensed plastic optical fiber employing concave end filled with high-index resin

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 638-642

  Sakata, Hajime ^a,b   Imada, Aya ^b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biconvex lens; Lensed fiber; Mold; Optical coupling; Plastic optical fiber (POF)

Indexed keywords

BICONVEX LENSES; LENSED FIBER; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER; RAY MATRIX ANALYSIS;

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTODETECTORS; PLASTIC LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESINS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SURFACE TENSION;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0036542693     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.996584     Document Type: Article

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