CONNECTION DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FIBRES

摘要

An optical fibre-connecting device includes a passageway which is funnel- shaped at both ends thereof and with which an optical fibre is intended to be inserted from either end into the passageway , so that the fibres will meet one another therein. The invention is characterized in that the connecting device (1) includes a firs t silicon part (7) having a flat surface in which one or more grooves (8) of V-shaped cross-section have been etched; in that the connecting device (1) includes a second part (9) which is made of transparent glass and which has a flat side that is intended to abut the grooved surface of the first part (7) so as to form a channel of triangular cross-section, wherein a circle inscribed in the chann el will have a diameter which is only slightly larger than the outer diameter of an optical fibre (5, 6).