Open AccessMultiple multicore fibre connector with physical‐contact connection
Author(s) -
Shikama K.,
Asakawa S.,
Abe Y.,
Takahashi T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2015.0624
Subject(s) - cable gland , ferrule , materials science , connection (principal bundle) , core (optical fiber) , compression (physics) , computer science , structural engineering , composite material , engineering , telecommunications
A new multiple multicore fibre (MCF) connector is presented that employs the compressive deformation of the fibre in a multiple ferrule. This connector enables a physical‐contact connection for all the fibre cores including the outer ones with a small compression force even if the connector end has manufacturing errors. The connector has been designed and fabricated for a 7‐core single‐mode MCF connector taking account of the relationship between the connector end structure and compression force, and it achieves physical contact connection with a connection loss below 0.7 dB and a return loss exceeding 54 dB.