Arrayed Fiberoptics Announces Breakthrough Non-Contact Optical Fiber Connectors
Release time : 2012-05-02 view count : 301 次SUNNYVALE, Calif. - May 2, 2012 - Arrayed
Fiberoptics Corporation (AFC) announced a major breakthrough in optical
fiber connectors, which are fundamental building blocks of all modern
optical fiber communications systems. Called the "non-contact" (NC)
fiber connector, it is the next generation of optical fiber connector.
The predominant optical fiber connectors for commercial applications
use physical contact (PC), in which two optical fiber end faces are
pushed together to eliminate the air gap between them and suppress the
light reflections at the glass/air interfaces. The new NC connector
eliminates the physical contact between fiber end faces. It includes an
intentional small air gap to prevent damage to the optical surfaces and
uses anti-reflection coatings to suppress the light reflections at the
glass/air interfaces.
To understand the significance of the new
fiber connector technology, we make the following analogy. The NC
connector is to the current PC connectors what the compact disk (CD) was
to vinyl records. Vinyl records relied on a stylus physically
contacting the vinyl surface to read the music signal, and the records
were invariably damaged after repeated uses. CDs, on the other hand,
rely on a laser beam to read the music, so there is no physical contact,
giving it very long lifetime with consistent quality. Likewise, the new
NC connector is expected to last much longer, with no performance
degradation even after many repeated connections. And just as the CD
brought significant performance improvements besides durability, the NC
connector brings major advancements in optical performance compared to
current PC fiber connectors, and at comparable cost.
This patent-pending NC optical fiber connector features:
Very low insertion loss (less than 0.1 dB)
Excellent return loss (greater than 65 dB)
Minimal insertion loss variation (less than 0.01 dB, a factor of ten better than current products)
Exceptional durability (thousands of repeated connections with no increase in insertion loss)
Low sensitivity to dust and contaminants - user friendly
Guaranteed intermateability among connectors
Cost competitive to existing connectors
Same form factors as current connectors and same connector adapters.
For every existing PC or APC connector there is a NC or ANC connector
counterpart. For example, LC/PC connector is now LC/NC connector, and
angled connector SC/APC is now SC/ANC.
For more information, please contact
or call (408)745-1900. Visit us at the CLEO Show in San Jose, CA on May
8-10, 2012 at booth #2412. We will have a live demo of our NC fiber
connector and a limited quantity of SC/ANC jumper cable samples for
distribution.
About Arrayed Fiberoptics Corporation
Arrayed Fiberoptics Corporation (AFC) develops a variety of
differentiated optical fiber components. Product portfolio includes NC
fiber connectors, 2D fiber arrays and 2D collimator arrays. AFC
pioneered the silicon 2D fiber array by DRIE process and holds the US
patent for this product. AFC's products are used by leading and emerging
communications and industrial equipment manufacturers. AFC is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. www.arrayedfiberoptics.com.