Presentation Information
[MC3-3]Efficient SMF-ARF Coupling Structure with Significantly Reduced Back-reflection
Bingyan Xue, ○Yi Su, Xuchen Hua, Zhiyong Zhao, Ming Tang (Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology)
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.