To provide a structure for mounting a connector on an end of an optical fiber, wherein heat generated at the end of the optical fiber when high NA light is propagated through the optical fiber can be effectively and rapidly radiated to thereby suppress the deterioration of the optical fiber.
The optical fiber 10 on an end of which a connector is mounted by the connector mounting structure is comprised of a bare optical fiber 1 consisting of a core 1A and a cladding 1B and a resin layer 2 with which the bare optical fiber 1 is coated, and the resin layer 2 and the cladding 1B are removed from the front end of the optical fiber to form an exposed core 11. The connector includes an optical fiber holding means 34 which has an optical fiber insertion hole 33 provided with an optical fiber holding structure 32 with a bellow-like inner surface 31. A terminal end 2A of the resin layer 2 adjacent to the exposed core 11 at the end of the optical fiber is arranged in the optical fiber holding structure 32 and protrusions 31A of the bellow-like inner surface 31 of the optical fiber holding structure 32 are thrust into the resin layer 2 to hold the optical fiber.
NISHIOKI TATSUYA
SATAKE TAKESHI
| JP2006106648A | 2006-04-20 | |||
| JP2003344700A | 2003-12-03 | |||
| JPS55108413U | 1980-07-29 | |||
| JPS5966220U | 1984-05-02 | |||
| JPH08110438A | 1996-04-30 | |||
| JP2006106648A | 2006-04-20 | |||
| JP2003344700A | 2003-12-03 | |||
| JPS55108413U | 1980-07-29 |
Kyoko Doi
Mitsunori Kamata
Yaeko Tamura
Kenji Yamamoto
Murata Miyuki
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