Apparatus for optically connecting a single-mode optical fiber to a

Abstract

An apparatus connects a single-mode optical fiber in a transmitting side to a multi-mode optical fiber in a receiving side without a deterioration of baseband transmission characteristics. The apparatus optically connects the single-mode fiber to the multi-mode fiber with an optical axes displacement therebetween, so that an optical signal to a multi-mode optical fiber from a single mode optical fiber is incident in a steady state mode including not only lower mode, but higher mode. In one embodiment, the optical axes displacement is achieved by axial displacement between the single-mode fiber and multi-mode fiber. In another embodiment, the optical axes displacement is achieved by an angle displacement between the single-mode fiber and multi-mode fiber.