公开(公告)号：US20240255703A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18562203

申请日：2022-03-17

Applicant: NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Inventor： Yasunari KAWASAKI ,  Junya KOBAYASHI

IPC: G02B6/32

CPC classification number: G02B6/32

Abstract: An optical connector (10) of the present invention includes a front-stage block (11) on which an optical fiber is mounted, a rear-stage block (12) on which a polymer waveguide is mounted, a self-forming waveguide (18) arranged between the front-stage block and the rear-stage block, the self-forming waveguide configured to connect the optical fiber and the polymer waveguide, and a cladding portion (19) formed around the self-forming waveguide, wherein the self-forming waveguide is a portion cured by irradiation of resin curing light in a self-forming waveguide material arranged between the front-stage block and the rear-stage block. Thus, the present invention can provide an optical connector that reduces a connection loss between an optical fiber and a polymer waveguide by a simple structure.