CONNECTING END FACE WORKING METHOD FOR OPTICAL PARTS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a stable PC connection of optical waveguide part end faces consisting of optical fibers and optical waveguides by shaving off the connecting end faces of optical parts having the plural optical waveguide parts and a ferrule enclosing the optical waveguide parts and having the connecting end faces inclusive of the end faces of the optical waveguide parts leaving the end faces including the optical waveguide parts. SOLUTION: This optical connector 10 comprises four pieces of the parallel arrayed optical fibers 11 and the ferrule 12, etc., which have an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape and enclose the four optical fibers 11. The one side end face of the ferrule 12 is bored with guide pin holes 12h for exactly positioning and connecting the optical connectors to each other in the positions holding the four optical fibers 11. The connecting end faces of such optical connector 10 are partly subjected to polishing at both connecting end faces in the arraying direction of the optical fibers 11 in such a manner that the end faces inclusive of the end faces 11e of the four optical fibers 11 may be continuously left. A polishing and grinding wheel formed with groove parts at the polishing surface is used in this polishing work.