Novel Field Installable Sagged Fiber Connector Realizing Physical Contact Connection without Polishing Fiber Endface
We propose and demonstrate a new type of field installable optical fiber connector that enables us to realize physical contact connection by using a sharpened fiber endface and the compression force of sagged fiber.
Broadband access in Japan: rapidly growing FTTH market
This article describes the latest FTTH technologies and market developments in Japan today. It focuses in particular on FTTH services, the deployment of FTTH systems, and lessons learned from actual deployments. The article also discusses the key R&D issues that must be completed if we are to enter the full-scale FTTH era.
Proposed beam diagnostics instrumentation for the LANSCE refurbishment project
Presently, the Los Alamos National Laboratory is in the process of planning a refurbishment of various subsystems within its Los Alamos Neutron Science Center accelerator facility. A part of this LANSCE facility refurbishment will include some replacement of and improvement to existing older beam-diagnostics instrumentation. While plans are still being discussed, some instrumentation that is under improvement or replacement consideration are beam phase and position measurements within the 805-MHz side-coupled cavity linac, slow wire profile measurements, typically known as wire scanners, and possibly additional installation of fast ionization-chamber loss monitors. This paper will briefly describe the requirements for these beam measurements, what we have done thus far to answer these requirements, and some of the technical issues related to the implementation of the instrumentation.