Mass manufacturable 180 degrees-bend single-mode fiber socket using hole-assisted low bending loss fiber

Jurgen Van Erps; Christof Debaes; R. Singh; Tomasz Nasilowski; P. Mergo; J. Wojcik; T. Aerts; Herman Terryn; Pedro Vynck; J. Watté; Hugo Thienpont

Mass manufacturable 180 degrees-bend single-mode fiber socket using hole-assisted low bending loss fiber

Jurgen Van Erps, Christof Debaes, R. Singh, Tomasz Nasilowski, P. Mergo, J. Wojcik, T. Aerts, Herman Terryn, Pedro Vynck, J. Watté, Hugo Thienpont

Applied Physics and Photonics

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Abstract

High-efficiency low-cost field-installable 180deg-bend single-mode fiber (SMF) sockets are promising new fiber connector components that can facilitate network element footprint reduction and allow for more comfortable connector handling in the field. We present a novel type of small-form-factor 180deg coupling SMF socket component, yielding coupling losses between two side-by-side positioned fibers as low as 0.5 dB, making use of specially designed low bending loss hole-assisted fiber. The components are prototyped in a polymer using deep proton writing and show all the potentialities for low-cost fabrication in different types of plastics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	187-189
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.
Volume	20
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

deep proton writing (DPW); hole-assisted fiber
low bending loss fiber; optical fiber connectors
plastics; rapid prototyping

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Mass manufacturable 180 degrees-bend single-mode fiber socket using hole-assisted low bending loss fiber. / Van Erps, Jurgen; Debaes, Christof; Singh, R.; Nasilowski, Tomasz; Mergo, P.; Wojcik, J.; Aerts, T.; Terryn, Herman; Vynck, Pedro; Watté, J.; Thienpont, Hugo.

In: IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett., Vol. 20, 2008, p. 187-189.

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Mass manufacturable 180 degrees-bend single-mode fiber socket using hole-assisted low bending loss fiber

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