FERRULE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR USING THE FERRULE, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR

摘要

Provided is an optical waveguide connector manufacturing method capable of improving the productivity of a ferrule member and suppressing the connection loss of a partner connector. An optical waveguide connector (11) is obtained by executing a centering step of position-regulating the leading end of an optical waveguide (2) inserted into the insert hole (13b) of a ferrule member (13), with the positioning portion of a positioning member (16) arranged to confront the leading end of the ferrule member (13), thereby to center the optical waveguide with respect to the ferrule member (13), an adhering step of filling an adhesive (18) into the clearance between the optical waveguide (2) inserted into the insert hole (13b) and the insert hole (13b), thereby to fix the optical waveguide (2) in the ferrule member (13), and a cutting step of cutting off the leading end of the ferrule member (13) including the positioning member (16).