For most data and telecom fiber optic applications the physical contact (PC) concept is preferred for all indoor and even some outdoor applications. But when these connectors are subjected to a harsh environment, the performance of standard PC connectors has proven unreliable in many applications due to their sensitivity to contamination. The subject for this paper is the design of a small form factor expanded beam (EB) fiber optic contact pair suited for operation in a challenging environment. The contacts conform to the dimensional envelope of MIL-PRF-29504/4/5D and employ a separable lens unit design which provides the option for field-installable terminations. The EB concept typically exhibits a higher loss than the PC connection, but preliminary results of the new design indicate that the size 16 termini pair using 1.25mm lenses and ferrules yields a very good loss performance.


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    Title :

    Fiber Optic Expanded Beam Size 16 Termini


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Aerosp


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2012 Aerospace Electronics and Avionics Systems Conference ; 2012


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2012-10-22


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English