An OSFP optical transceiver having split multiple fiber optical port using reduced amount of MPO terminations is provided that includes two adjacent sockets integrated into the optical port of the OSFP optical transceiver. The two adjacent sockets are vertically oriented with respect to the mounting baseplate of the OSFP optical transceiver, and each of the two adjacent sockets is adapted to receive an MPO receptacle that terminates the proximal end of a bundle of fibers. The OSFP optical transceiver also includes an optical connection between each socket and a corresponding lens in the OSFP optical transceiver, for transmitting optical signals received from other transceivers into the OSFP optical transceiver and optical signals generated in the OSFP optical transceiver to other transceivers.

A fiber optic coupling device comprises an elastomeric body. The elastomeric body includes first and second sides with a deformable alignment passage extending there between. The deformable alignment passage is configured to elastically center opposing first and second optical fibers. The deformable alignment passage includes a first portion that is configured to receive the first optical fiber having a first core. The deformable alignment passage also includes an opposing second portion that is configured to receive the second optical fiber having a second core. The first portion and the opposing second portion of the alignment passage are defined by a common encompassing periphery, and meet at a common location within the alignment passage to present the core of the received first optical fiber in coaxial alignment with the core of the received second optical fiber.

Systems and methods for a fiber optic connector with a positive locking mechanism are disclosed. The fiber optic connector has a plug connector and a mating receptacle connector. The plug connector is comprised of a plug body, a coupling lock indicator, an inner coupling nut, an outer coupling nut, a back shell, and a ferrule. The mating receptacle connector comprised of a rear cap, a receptacle body, a mating indicator, and a second ferrule. When the plug connector is fully mated to the mating receptacle connector, the coupling lock indicator on the plug connector and the mating indicator on the mating receptacle connector are not visible, signaling that the two connectors are fully mated, but not locked in place. When the plug connector and the mating receptacle connector are locked in place, the coupling lock indicator is visible and the mating indicator is not visible, signaling positive locking.

A connector is disclosed that includes a housing and first and second attachment areas located in the housing and spaced apart from each other along the mating direction of the connector. The second, but not the first, attachment area is designed to move relative to the housing. The connector further includes an optical waveguide that is permanently attached to, and under a first bending force between, the first and second attachment areas. The connector also includes a light coupling unit located in the housing for receiving light from the optical waveguide and transmitting the received light to a mating connector along a direction different than the mating direction of the connector. The mating of the connector to the mating connector causes the optical waveguide to be under a greater second bending force between the first and second attachment areas.

A first optical device is adapted to couple to a second optical device along a coupling direction and includes two spaced apart pairs of leading and trailing pads, such that when the first optical device lands and slides on a landing surface of the second optical device to optically couple to the second optical device, and for each pair of leading and trailing pads, the leading pad prevents any debris on the landing surface from collecting on the trailing pad. Upon full coupling of the first optical device with the second optical device, the leading pads do not make contact with the landing surface. The first optical device may be, for example, an optical ferrule or a cradle having a recess adapted to receive an optical ferrule.

An optical connector includes optical fibers, a ferrule, and a pitch fixing member. The optical fibers have bare parts where coating parts have been stripped off. The ferrule has insertion holes, and the bare parts are inserted into the insertion holes. The pitch fixing member is inserted into the ferrule and has fixing parts that fix a pitch of the coating parts of the optical fibers to a pitch of the insertion holes.

An optical ferrule (200) has opposing major top (10) and bottom (20) surfaces where the bottom surface includes discrete spaced apart first (90) and second (100) platforms arranged along a mating direction of the optical ferrule (200). During a mating of the ferrule (200) with a mating optical ferrule (200′), the first (90) and second (100) platforms of the ferrule (200) slide against corresponding respective first (90′) and second (100′) platforms of the mating ferrule (200′). Upon full mating of the ferrule (200) with the mating ferrule (200′), the second platforms (100, 100′) of the ferrule and the mating ferrule remain in contact with and rest on each other, and the first platform (90, 90′) of neither ferrule makes contact with the other ferrule.

An object of the present disclosure is to reduce the size and pitch of a multi-core optical connector which connects a planar waveguide in which a multi-channel core is disposed or a plurality of optical fibers to the plurality of optical fibers.

According to the present disclosure, there is provided a multi-core optical connector which connects a plurality of cores disposed in a row and a plurality of optical fibers, in which the multi-core optical connector includes a holding unit which holds the plurality of cores and the plurality of optical fibers, the holding unit includes an elongated hole in which the plurality of optical fibers are disposed in a row, and the plurality of optical fibers and the plurality of cores are connected inside the elongated hole.

A fiber optic alignment device includes a first and a second alignment block and a first and a second gel block. A fiber passage extends from a first end to a second end of the fiber optic alignment device. The fiber passage is adapted to receive a first optical fiber through the first end and a second optical fiber through the second end. An intermediate portion of the fiber passage is positioned between the first and the second ends. The intermediate portion is adapted to align the first and the second optical fibers between the first and the second alignment blocks. A first portion of the fiber passage is positioned between the first end and the intermediate portion of the fiber passage. The first portion extends between the first alignment block and the first gel block. A second portion of the fiber passage is positioned between the second end and the intermediate portion of the fiber passage. The second portion extends between the second alignment block and the second gel block. End portions of the first and the second optical fibers may be cleaned when slid between the alignment blocks and the gel blocks. The fiber passage may include an undulating portion.

An optical wiring includes a plurality of first set groups each including a plurality of first connecting components, a plurality of second set groups each including a plurality of second connecting components, and a receptacle which has a first end face and a second end face on an opposite side of the first end face. The first set groups are connected to the first end face side and the second set groups are connected to the second end face side. The first set groups faces the second set groups through the receptacle such that a direction in which the first connecting components are arranged and a direction in which the second connecting components are arranged are perpendicular to each other, and each of the first connecting components is optically connected to a corresponding one of the second connecting components in the receptacle.