High-precision 2-D SM fiber connectors fabricated through deep proton writing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1164-1166

  Van Erps, Jürgen ^a   Volckaerts, Bart ^a   Van Amerongen, Harry ^a   Vynck, Pedro ^a   Krajewski, Rafal ^a,b   Debaes, Christof ^a   Watté, Jan ^c   Hermanne, Alex ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Tyco Electronics ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep proton writing (DPW); Optical fiber connectors; Optical fiber measurements; Plastics; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

2-D EMITTER; BUTT COUPLING; D FIBER; DEEP PROTON WRITING; DEEP PROTON WRITINGS; DETECTOR ARRAYS; FIBER ALIGNMENT; FIBER-TO-THE-HOME NETWORKS; HIGH-DENSITY; HIGH-PRECISION; OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; PARALLEL LIGHT; PHOTONIC INTERCONNECTS; PROTOTYPING; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SHAPED HOLES; SM FIBERS; TELECOM;

ALIGNMENT; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ELASTOMERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; JOB ANALYSIS; MULTICHIP MODULES; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PLASTICITY; PROTONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 66749138751     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.874728     Document Type: Article

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