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Bending of an Optical Glass Fiber “Pigtail” in a Splice Box Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

E. Suhir
E. Suhir*
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Room 1D-443, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
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Abstract

We examine a glass fiber “pigtail” in a gain equalization filter (GEF) splice box (SB) design. The fiber experiences bending on the surface of the SB cylinder. The objective of the analysis is to evaluate the “natural” configuration of the fiber, and to suggest, its optimized configuration for minimum curvatures and lower bending stresses. We show that the effect of such an optimization is the largest (about 20%) for cylindrical surfaces of large radii. The obtained solutions can be helpful in the analysis of optical glass fibers experiencing bending on cylindrical surfaces.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 531: Symposium DD – Reliabilty of Photonics Materials & Structures , 1998 , 215
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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