Optical connector with window and corresponding curing methods thereof

A method of assembling an optical fiber assembly, wherein the optical fiber assembly includes a ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule coupled to a ferrule holder, the ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends, the method comprising:

• disposing a bonding agent into the ferrule bore;
• wherein the bonding agent has a viscosity ranging between 100 cP and 10000 cP at a temperature of about 25° C. and a reference curing time of less than 1 minute;
• inserting an optical fiber into the ferrule bore and through the bonding agent, wherein at least some of the bonding agent surrounds the optical fiber proximate the rear end of the ferrule holder;
• emitting a laser beam through a window of the ferrule holder and onto the bonding agent proximate the rear end of the ferrule, wherein the window provides access to the inserted optical fiber;
• and
• emitting a light onto the optical fiber, wherein emitting the light and emitting the laser beam cause between 75% and 85% of the bonding agent in the ferrule to cure and thereby form the optical fiber assembly, and wherein emitting the light includes using a laser emitting a beam at a power ranging between 100 mW and 1000 mW and a wavelength ranging between 315 nm and 450 nm,
• wherein emitting the laser beam is conducted simultaneously with emitting the light to cure the same bonding agent, and
• wherein emitting the laser beam is distinct from emitting the light.