Patent ID: 10613277

Abstract:
A multicore optical connector includes: a ferrule in which a plurality of optical fibers with lenses are arranged and held, the optical fibers with lenses having GRIN lenses fused to tips of optical fibers; and a coupling member which couples a pair of the ferrules so that the ferrules oppose each other in a non-contact state and end faces of the ferrules are parallel to each other, wherein the ferrules each have an end face inclined by a set angle θ0 relative to a central axis Of, the GRIN lenses are arranged and held parallel to the central axis Of so that a center of arrangement Op is at a position eccentric by Δt relative to the central axis Of, and the optical fibers with lenses held by the pair of the ferrules have end faces of the GRIN lenses inclined along the end faces of the ferrules.