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Optical-Fiber and Entry-Cone Contact Stresses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. M. Anderson ,
J. F. Malluck ,
M. M. Tabaddo ,
C. K. Sidbury  and
T. E. McNeil
J. M. Anderson
Affiliation:
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, GA 30071
J. F. Malluck
Affiliation:
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, GA 30071
M. M. Tabaddo
Affiliation:
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, GA 30071
C. K. Sidbury
Affiliation:
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, GA 30071
T. E. McNeil
Affiliation:
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 2000 Northeast Expressway, Norcross, GA 30071
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Abstract

Many of the broken fibers in optical connectors, especially those that seem to occur over time without apparent provocation are found in the ferrule at the transition from entry cone to alignment capillary. This paper contends that many such breaks are due to local stresses caused by debris or some other relatively rigid imperfection in the transition neighborhood. Stress estimates from beam theory and from a finite-element model are presented along with some indirect experimental observations supporting the contention.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 531: Symposium DD – Reliabilty of Photonics Materials & Structures , 1998 , 223
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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