Optical fiber terminal, optical fiber cable with terminal, optical connector, optical fiber cable with connector, and connection structure

An optical fiber terminal configured to be attached to an end of an optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable comprising an optical fiber element wire having an optical fiber covered by an element wire coating, a tensile member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber element wire, and a coating portion that covers the optical fiber element wire and the tensile member, the optical fiber terminal comprising:

• a ferrule that has an insertion hole for inserting and fixing the optical fiber element wire, and a front end face on which a front end face of the optical fiber inserted in the insertion hole is configured to be exposed;
• and
• a tensile member fixing member for fixing the tensile member to the ferrule.

A connection structure of an optical connector, comprising:

• at least two ferrules, into each of which an optical fiber is incorporated, the ferrules being arranged in a longitudinal direction in a manner opposed to each other, wherein
• the connection structure restricts the ferrules from moving in directions coming close to each other and maintains a shortest distance between connection end faces of the at least two ferrules at 30 μm to 300 μm.