Instrumentation For Multichannel Hermaphroditic Connector Evaluation

J. D. Fridman; F. Gomes; L. Jou; G. W. Styskal

doi:10.1117/12.933336

15 October 1982 Instrumentation For Multichannel Hermaphroditic Connector Evaluation

J. D. Fridman, F. Gomes, L. Jou, G. W. Styskal

Proceedings Volume 0326, Fiber Optics: Technology '82; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933336
Event: 1982 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1982, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

Several manufacturers have been developing hermaphroditic connectors for six-fiber optical cables used in tactical military communication system applications. The specifications to which respective manufacturers have designed and tested these connectors have not been consistently the same. A test plan, as well as measurement procedures which will be uniformly applied to all connector assemblies, has been proposed. In support of the test procedures, fiber optics instrumentation that measures the insertion loss of the six-fiber hermaphroditic connectors under dynamic conditions has been developed. Special equipment to perform tests that simulate aspects of field conditions has been designed and fabricated. Selected fiber optic connectors are presently under evaluation using these procedures and instrumentation. This paper describes characteristics of the insertion loss and simulation equipment and their application to the measurement of the parameters to be tested.*

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J. D. Fridman, F. Gomes, L. Jou, and G. W. Styskal "Instrumentation For Multichannel Hermaphroditic Connector Evaluation", Proc. SPIE 0326, Fiber Optics: Technology '82, (15 October 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933336

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