Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
Patent
1996-10-03
1998-04-28
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
385 53, 385 70, 385 77, 385 78, 385 92, G02B 638
Patent
active
057456216
ABSTRACT:
An optical connector is provided for connecting an optical fiber to, for example, a laser. The optical connector comprises a housing defining a passage therethrough and a stop for abutment against a face of a ferrule containing an optical fiber. The stop is positioned and shaped so that in use the area of contact between the stop and the ferrule end face is less than 10% of the total area of the end face of the ferrule, and the area of contact between the stop and the ferrule end face is close to a central axis of the ferrule. Many different designs of angled ferrule are available for reducing the level of optical reflections within optical systems. The present optical connector allows these many different designs of angled ferrules to be accurately aligned to an optical device.
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Healy Brian
Hewlett--Packard Company
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