[MC3] Hollow-Core Fiber Transmission and Connectorization

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[MC3-3] Efficient SMF-ARF coupling structure with significantly reduced back-reflection

○Bingyan Xue¹, Yi Su¹, Xuchen Hua², Zhiyong Zhao², Ming Tang^1,2 (1. School of Future Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China (China), 2. School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China (China))

Keywords:

Hollow core and microstructured fibers,Fibers for optical interconnection,Fiber based Devices,Connectors,splicing and interconnection technology

We propose a lensed SMF based coupling structure and design strategy for SMF-ARF connection, to optimize the connection and reflection simultaneously. Experimental results demonstrate that insertion loss of 1.2dB and back-reflection of -36.22dB are achieved.