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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Norio Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Shigematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kota Shikama, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Aratake, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An embodiment optical connector includes a fiber having a core through which light is guided and a magnet attached to one end of the fiber, and the magnet has an opening that exposes at least the end face of the core. An embodiment optical connection structure includes a first optical connector and a second optical connector, each including a fiber having a core through which light is guided and a magnet attached to one end of the fiber, wherein the magnets are magnetized so as to exert attraction on each other, and when the first optical connector and the second optical connector are mechanically connected by magnetic forces, the core of the first optical connector and the core of the second optical connector are optically connected through the opening of the magnet of the first optical connector and the opening of the magnet of the second optical connector.