Thomson-Csf

Philippe Maillot

Luigi d'Auria

Andre Jacques

An optical connector arrangement for use on the bottom of a metallic box, the connector providing optical connection between a printed circuit card inserted into the metallic box and an optical cable. A sleeve assembly couples the connector to the box so as to provide lateral mobility of the connector with respect to the box. This lateral mobility facilitates alignment between an optical terminal protruding from the printed circuit card and an optical terminal of the cable. The connector further includes means for maintaining a pressure between the two terminals.

Optical connector for printed circuit card

The invention relates to optical communications by bundles of optical fibres. More particularly, the invention relates to a branching fiber optic connector device for optically and mechanically connecting two bundles of optical fibres with a single optical fibre and for supplying an electrical signal characteristic of the incident optical energy obtained by extracting part of the radiation in said fibre by means of a photodiode sealed to said fibre after removal of the cladding over a surface corresponding to the detecting surface of the photodiode, the refractive index of the sealing material being higher than the refractive index of the cladding.

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Paris, France

Philippe Maillot