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Active core alignment (ACA) process and evolution
By DIAMOND SA
Optical monitoring and specialised tools allow assemblers to centre fibre core to submicron tolerances, improving insertion loss and return loss. An update on the technology since the original article was published in 1996 in Laser Focus World is given.
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