Low Loss Mechanical Splices With Optical Contacts And Termination Kit

Bruno Capelle; Albert Lissillour; Christophe Villemain; Jean-Jacques Maillard; Richard Puille

doi:10.1117/12.963303

5 February 1990 Low Loss Mechanical Splices With Optical Contacts And Termination Kit

Bruno Capelle, Albert Lissillour, Christophe Villemain, Jean-Jacques Maillard, Richard Puille

Proceedings Volume 1176, Components for Fiber Optic Applications IV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963303
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

Experience with the first optical fibre video-communications networks has highlighted the significance of optical fibre jointing techniques which require : a) Reliable joints b) Easily field fitted terminations, bearing in mind the environmental conditions they are used in together with the awkward situations where they may be installed, e.g. telegraph pole, behind facades and in equipment racks. c) Low cost components, due to the high number of connections per fibre kilometre used in these networks. A new product concept has been developed to take account of these various requirements which takes the form of a hybrid, being part permanent mechanical splice and part connector, offering low termination losses associated with splices, together with the capability of being mated and unmated. It offers both low unit cost, with low installation times in the field, compared with conventional connectors. In this new approach, an optical mechanical splice has been developed with plugs on each fibre end to permit connection and disconnection of fibres.

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Bruno Capelle, Albert Lissillour, Christophe Villemain, Jean-Jacques Maillard, and Richard Puille "Low Loss Mechanical Splices With Optical Contacts And Termination Kit", Proc. SPIE 1176, Components for Fiber Optic Applications IV, (5 February 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963303

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