FERRULE WITH STRESS-ISOLATION FEATURE

摘要

A ferrule for optical waveguides includes an exterior (116) of the ferrule, an interior (112) of the ferrule, and a stress-isolation region (114) between the interior of the ferrule and the exterior of the ferrule. The interior of the ferrule has a bore (118) defined therein that is configured to receive an optical waveguide. The material of the stress-isolation region has an elastic modulus that is less than the elastic modulus of material of the interior and exterior of the ferrule, whereby the stress-isolation region limits communication of stresses therebetween.