High return loss connector design without using fibre contact or index matching

3 July 1986

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 22 (14) , 731-732
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19860503

Abstract

A noncontacting connector design which reduces the returned power from reflections is demonstrated. The design takes advantage of the poor coupling characteristics between tilted Gaussian beam modes of single-mode fibre. The connector's mean return loss is -38 dB and its mean insertion loss is 0.7 dB.

Keywords

RETURN LOSS
CONNECTOR DESIGN
NONCONTACTING
CONNECTOR&APOS
POOR
BEAM