Optical interconnecting device having tapered surfaces

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1978-06-14

1980-02-05

Corbin, John K.

350 9617, 350 9620, G02B 514

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041869982

ABSTRACT:
This invention provides an optical fiber connector in which axially aligned, inwardly tapering openings are provided in opposite sides of a member and interconnected at their inner ends, a quantity of matching optical fluid is positioned within the openings and cylindrical optical fibers are pressed axially into the openings so that their end corners engage the tapered walls of the openings to align the fibers and position their end faces in close adjacency. The fibers displace some of the optical fluid as they enter the openings so that the fluid occupies the space between their end faces. The fiber alignment principle may be used as well in connecting a fiber to a light source or a fiber to a detector.

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