An object is to be capable of housing an optical fiber that connects between components not to exceed a bending limit of the optical fiber in a housing of a pluggable optical module. A pluggable electric connector (11) is configured to be insertable into and removable from an optical communication apparatus (93). An optical output module (12) outputs an optical signal (LS1) and a local oscillation light (LO). An optical reception module (13) outputs a communication data signal (DAT) generated by demodulating using the local oscillation light (LO). A pluggable optical receptor (15) is configured in such a manner that optical fibers are insertable thereinto and removable therefrom. A first optical fiber (F11) is connected between the optical output module (12) and the pluggable optical receptor (15). A second optical fiber (F12) is connected between the optical output module (12) and the optical reception module (13). A third optical fiber (F13) is connected between the optical reception module (13) and the pluggable optical receptor (15). Optical fiber housing means winds extra lengths of the first to third optical fibers (F11 to F13) around a guide.

A fiber mode sorter includes an optical fiber including a waveguide structure configured to maintain an orbital angular momentum (OAM) of a beam propagating through the optical fiber, and an OAM mode sorter placed on a core of the optical fiber.

A fiber mode sorter includes an optical fiber including a waveguide structure configured to maintain an orbital angular momentum (OAM) of a beam propagating through the optical fiber, and an OAM mode sorter placed on a core of the optical fiber.

A single-mode micro-laser based on a single whispering gallery mode optical microcavity and a preparation method thereof described includes: preparing a desired single whispering gallery mode optical microcavity doped with rare earth ions or containing a gain material such as quantum dots, wherein an optical microcavity configuration include a micro-disk cavity, a ring-shaped microcavity, and a racetrack-shaped microcavity; a material type include lithium niobate, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, etc.; preparing an optical fiber cone or an optical waveguide of a required size which can excite high-order modes of the optical microcavity, such as a ridge waveguide and a circular waveguides; and coupling, integrating, and packaging the optical fiber cone or the optical waveguide with the microcavity. A pump light is coupled to the optical fiber cone or the optical waveguide to excite a compound mode with a polygonal configuration.

The present disclosure relates to a laser polishing apparatus where the laser beam emitted by the laser polishing apparatus can be configured to control the shape of the optical fiber end face. Stated another way, the laser polishing apparatus parameters can be adjusted such that the laser beam emitted can polish the optical fiber end face into a particular shape.

An optical connector plug for outdoor waterproof onsite assembly. A frame having slits sheathes and is fixed to an optical cable when the optical cable is constructed on a site. The optical connector plug is waterproofed by a protective tube and an O-ring. The optical cable has a tip at one side which is attached to an assembly in a sealing or mechanical manner, and the frame sheathing an outer side of the optical cable has one side end to which an outer peripheral edge of the assembly is coupled, has the one or more slits which are cut from a middle to the other side end and are formed to be widened and narrowed in compliance with an outer diameter of the optical cable, and has a step on an outer peripheral edge at one side end to be held by an inner peripheral edge of a housing.

An optical connector plug for outdoor waterproof onsite assembly. A frame having slits sheathes and is fixed to an optical cable when the optical cable is constructed on a site. The optical connector plug is waterproofed by a protective tube and an O-ring. The optical cable has a tip at one side which is attached to an assembly in a sealing or mechanical manner, and the frame sheathing an outer side of the optical cable has one side end to which an outer peripheral edge of the assembly is coupled, has the one or more slits which are cut from a middle to the other side end and are formed to be widened and narrowed in compliance with an outer diameter of the optical cable, and has a step on an outer peripheral edge at one side end to be held by an inner peripheral edge of a housing.

The present disclosure describes fusion spliced cable assemblies. An assembly may include a first and a second fiber optic cable, where an end of at least a first optical fiber from the first fiber optic cable is fusion spliced together with an end of at least a second optical fiber from the second fiber optic cable, the first optical fiber having a first length of prepared fiber extending from the spliced end of the first optical fiber to a transition point of the first optical fiber, the second optical fiber having a second length of prepared fiber extending from the spliced end of the second optical fiber to a transition point of the second optical fiber, where the transition point of the first optical fiber is a distance from the transition point of the second optical fiber, and where a total length of prepared fiber is the sum of the first length of prepared fiber for the first optical fiber and the second length of prepared fiber for the second optical fiber; a support configured to engage at least a portion of the total length of prepared fiber such that the distance between the transition points of each optical fiber is less than the total length of prepared fiber of the first and second optical fibers; and a transition housing coupled to the first and second fiber optic cables and surrounding the support. Fusion spliced cable assembly breakout kits are also provided.

A cleaving assembly and a method for cleaving a glass body having a face at a desired angle greater than 0 degrees are disclosed. The assembly comprises a laser device for emitting a laser beam, a rotating device, and a positioning fixture. The rotating device has a head that rotates about a central axis that is orthogonal to the laser beam. The positioning fixture is operatively mounted to the head and centered axially along the central axis and is also rotatably driven by the rotating device. The positioning fixture has a tapered surface that is transverse to the central axis and that supports the glass body at a predetermined angle relative to the central axis. Rotation of the positioning fixture about the central axis when the glass body is exposed to the laser beam, cleaves the face of the glass body at the desired angle due to the glass body being supported transverse to the central axis.

Optical fiber mass splice methods and assemblies are provided. A method may include securing a fiber clamp to a fiber setting fixture, the fiber setting fixture including a fiber alignment block and a backstop. A plurality of fiber grooves may be defined in the fiber alignment block. The method may further include inserting a plurality of optical fibers into the fiber setting fixture such that each of the plurality of optical fibers is disposed in one of the plurality of fiber grooves and contacts the backstop. The method may further include loading, after the inserting step, each of the plurality of optical fibers into the fiber clamp. The method may further include clamping the plurality of optical fibers in the fiber clamp.