Corning Research & Development Corporation

Raisa Rose Boben

Pushkar Tandon

Klaus Hartkorn

Mark Alan McDermott

Riley Saunders Freeland

Woraphat Dockchoorung

Aislin Karina Sullivan

Mateusz Tomasz Zujewski

A method of terminating an optical fiber having an inner core with a fiber optic connector including a ferrule having a micro-bore and an end face with a mating location is disclosed. The method includes determining a bore bearing angle of a bore offset of the micro-bore in the ferrule; determining a core bearing angle of a core offset of the inner core in the optical fiber; orienting the ferrule and the optical fiber relative to each other to minimize the distance between the inner core and the mating location; heating the ferrule to an processing temperature above room temperature; and coupling the optical fiber to the micro-bore of the ferrule. The size of the micro-bores and optical fibers may be selected to maximize the number of interference fits in a population of ferrules and optical fibers while minimizing failed fittings between the ferrules and optical fibers in the populations.

Method for making a low-loss fiber optic connector

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Hickory, NC, United States of America

Raisa Rose Boben