Polishing of fiber optic connectors

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 659-668

  Yin, Ling ^a,b   Huang, H ^a   Chen, W K ^a   Xiong, Z ^a   Liu, Y C ^a   Teo, P L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apex offset; Fiber height; Fiber optic connectors; Insertion loss; Polishing; Radius of curvature; Return loss; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

APEX OFFSET; FIBER HEIGHT; FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS; INSERTION LOSS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; RETURN LOSS;

ABRASIVES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER OPTICS; GRINDING (MACHINING); INTERFEROMETRY; MACHINING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLISHING; SILICA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZIRCONIA;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 1342306728     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2003.10.029     Document Type: Article

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