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This invention provides an optical fiber connector in which axially aligned, inwardly tapering openings are provided in opposite sides of a member and interconnected at their inner ends, a quantity of matching optical fluid is positioned within the openings and cylindrical optical fibers are pressed

This invention provides an optical fiber connector in which axially aligned, inwardly tapering openings are provided in opposite sides of a member and interconnected at their inner ends, a quantity of matching optical fluid is positioned within the openings and cylindrical optical fibers are pressed axially into the openings so that their end corners engage the tapered walls of the openings to align the fibers and position their end faces in close adjacency. The fibers displace some of the optical fluid as they enter the openings so that the fluid occupies the space between their end faces. The fiber alignment principle may be used as well in connecting a fiber to a light source or a fiber to a detector.

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An optical fiber connector comprising a duality of optical fibers, each of said optical fibers having a central core, a cladding around said core defining a cylindrical outer surface, a substantially flat end face perpendicular to the axis thereof, and a corner between said end face and said outer s

An optical fiber connector comprising a duality of optical fibers, each of said optical fibers having a central core, a cladding around said core defining a cylindrical outer surface, a substantially flat end face perpendicular to the axis thereof, and a corner between said end face and said outer surface, a member having an opening therethrough, said opening having two outer ends, an intermediate portion of relatively small lateral dimension, and two axially aligned tapered portions positioned one on either side of said intermediate portion, each of said tapered portions being defined by a wall tapering inwardly toward said intermediate portion, said intermediate portion of said opening having a diameter which is less than that of said outer surfaces of said fibers and greater than that of said cores of said fibers, means for engaging each of said optical fibers for pressing the same axially into one of said ends of said openings so that said corner thereof engages said wall of one of said tapered portions, for thereby causing said optical fibers to become axially aligned with said tapered portions and with each other, and positioning said end faces of said optical fibers opposite each other and closely spaced apart, and an optical material in said opening filling the space between said end faces.