Optical fiber connectors

摘要

Disclosed is an optical fiber connector for ultra high-speed communication which can be produced by easy machining procedures and which enables stable and efficient transmission, comprising a columnar ferrule having a through hole in which a connection end portion of an optical fiber is retained, a tapered portion serving as a connection guide and assuming a conical face formed at the end of the ferrule, and a convex spherical face formed at the end of the tapered portion; an intersection of the convex spherical face and the axis of the ferrule being a reference abutment point; a straight line passing this reference abutment point and angled with respect to the ferrule axis being a reference normal intersecting orthogonal to the convex spherical face; wherein, when cone axis of the tapered portion is decided within a vertical cross section taken along the ferrule axis and containing the reference normal and an abutment line intersecting with the reference normal at the reference abutment point is defined within this cross section, the position of the tapered portion is decided such that a central point of a segment defined on the abutment line by being surrounded by the conical face of the tapered portion may locate on the ferrule axis.