| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To produce the connector having the good connecting performance of optical cables at a low cost by forming a base body and a pressing body of the sintered bodies of silicon nitride ceramics. CONSTITUTION:This connector for the multiple fibers of the optical cables connects the cables by placing the optical fibers a exposed at the connecting end of the optical cable along V-grooves 11 of the base body, pressing and fixing the optical fibers a by the pressing body 20 superposed on the base body 10 and butting the end faces coaxially to the optical fibers in the connector of the other side. The base body 10 and the pressing body 20 are formed of the sintered bodies of the silicon nitride ceramics. This base body 10 and the pressing body 20 are adhered and a resin is embedded into the spacing therebetween. Then, the connector which has the high accuracy of the outside shape and has a smaller degree of deformation by a change in temp. and humidity is obtd. and, therefore, the misalignment of the optical axes between the optical fibers is substantially prevented. Further, the non-rusting property inherent to black zirconia is expected and the generation of cracking and chipping at the time of polishing the butt surfaces is obviated. |
