Interconnection of multimode optical waveguides
Abstract
The stringent alignment requirements for connecting graded-index multimode optical waveguides have led to the development of detachable connectors. None of these, however, are suitable for applications in the field. In the present paper, the interconnection problem is analyzed on the basis of an analytical model that takes the fiber transmission properties into consideration and, thus, permits assessment of losses in the system. It is shown that losses extrinsic to the connection interface, which are dependent on power distribution and variation of fiber parameters, make it very difficult to achieve a practical detachable connector with better than 1.0 dB loss. The analytical model for interconnection systems is used to design the compound lens system for a connector that meets the specification requirements.
- Publication:
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Laser and fiber optics communications
- Pub Date:
- January 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.956711
- Bibcode:
- 1978SPIE..150..152H
- Keywords:
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- Connectors;
- Fiber Optics;
- Optical Coupling;
- Optical Waveguides;
- Design Analysis;
- Lenses;
- Mathematical Models;
- Transmission Loss;
- Optics