Termination of the optical cable possible in a few minutes on-site. (Economically priced connectors and tools) |
Easy-to-handle cable/cord (of large diameter and without the brittleness of conventional glass-cladding cables, thanks to polymer cladding) |
Low loss (minimum 5 dB/km at 0.8μm band) |
Low-cost LED light sources could be applicable, permitting reduction in system cost. |
High NA and large core of H-PCF provides high coupling efficiency with light source, which brings good results also for Light-guide use. |