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Advancing connector technologies for multicore optical fibres

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In Japan, the nationwide optical fibre cable trunk line network was completed in 1985, and the world’s first commercial fibre to the home (FTTH) service was started in 2001. The first practical optical connector for MCF was the MU type MCF connector developed in Japan during 2012 (1) (Fig. References R. Sakaime, K. Watanabe and T.

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