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A Reliable Low-Loss Field-Installable Optical Connector Design by Splicing Angle Adjustment  

Park, Byung-Chul (FiberOptic R & D Center, Optelcom, Inc.)
Rim, Chong-Suck (Dept. of CS&E, Sogang University)
Jung, Jun-Ho (FiberOptic R & D Center, Optelcom, Inc.)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a design method for a reliable and improved field-installable optical connectors(FIOC) which are needed for long-distance and low loss FTTH configuration. To this end, we optimize the angle of splicing between the inner fiber and the field fiber of the FIOC, so that the low loss connection of optical fibers is possible without using any angle alignment tools as well as angled cleavers. More precisely, we set the cutting angle of the inner filber and the field fiber to be $2^{\circ}$ by using an angled cleaver and $0^{\circ}{\sim}1^{\circ}$ by using a general fiber cutter, respectively. Splicing these two optical fibers without any further adjustment, we can keep the insertion loss within 0.3dB and the reflection loss within -60dB.
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현장조립 광커넥터;저 손실 현장조립 접속;접속손실;광섬유 접속면 각도;
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