Multi-fiber array connector system

摘要

An improved assembly for housing actively aligned VCSELs or detectors to a light transport terminal (100, 200), such as a ferrule, and a method and technique for actively aligning VCSELs and laser detectors to a light transport terminal (100, 200), such as a ferrule, are provided. The method actively aligns an array of VCSELs or laser detectors to a light transport terminal (100), such as a first ferrule. The aligned components can then be secured to a retainer housing (400) which can receive a plug (500). Then a plug (500), having a second ferrule with V-groove alignment portions (210) and a substantially rectangular housing (300) encasing the second ferrule, can be inserted into the retainer housing (400), thereby passively aligning the array of optical fibers carried by the second ferrule of the plug to the array of optical fibers of the first ferrule by way of posts (110) extending from the first ferrule into the V-grooves (210) of the second ferrule. A VCSEL or detector to optical fiber plug assembly is thus provided.