Optical fiber coupling system.

摘要

A connector for a pair of optical fibers includes a first lens means (11) adapted to be coupled to one of the optical fibers and a second lens means (12) adapted to be coupled to the other one of the optical fibers. The first and second lens means (11, 12) are axially aligned and spaced with respect to each other for directing light rays (40) paraxially therebetween to eliminate the light loss effect due to optical fiber (13,14) spacing and for focusing the light provided by one optical fiber onto the other optical fiber. The lens means also include lens members (17,18) that minimize spherical aberration to provide efficient light transfer between the pair of optical fibers (13,14).