Fiber optic connector housing

A fiber optic connector housing having an optical axis comprising:

• means for temporarily positioning an interchangeable connector with an angled end of an optical fiber in an aperture plane in the housing;
• a distributed feedback semiconductor laser in the housing;
• a lens for directing light from the laser to the aperture plane, the laser and lens being offset from the axis of the housing so that light from the laser passes through the aperture plane at an acute angle relative to the axis of the housing, the laser and lens being spaced so that the area of the aperture plane illuminated by the laser is larger than the end of an optical fiber;
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• means for applying an RF modulating signal to the laser.

A fiber optic connector housing having an optical axis comprising:

• a threaded body;
• a key way for aligning a standard APC connector on the body;
• a split sleeve centered in the body for receiving the plug of an APC connector;
• a stop surface for aligning the end of the plug of a standard APC connector with an aperture plane in the body;
• a semiconductor laser mounted in the housing;
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• a lens for directing illumination from the laser onto the aperture plane at an acute angle to the axis of the split sleeve.

A fiber optic connector housing having an optical axis comprising:

• a threaded body;
• a key way for aligning a standard APC connector with an angled end of an optical fiber in a selected angular orientation in an aperture plane in the housing;
• a split sleeve centered in the body for receiving the plug of an APC connector;
• a stop surface for aligning the end of the plug of a standard APC connector with an aperture plane in the body;
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• a photodiode mounted off axis in the connector housing for illumination by light from the angled end of the optical fiber in an APC connector in the aperture plane.

A fiber optic connector housing having an optical axis comprising:

• a distributed feedback semiconductor laser offset from the axis of the housing;
• a lens offset from the axis of the housing for directing light from the laser to an aperture plane in the housing at an acute angle relative to the axis of the housing;
• an optical isolator in the optical path between the laser and the aperture plane;
• stop means adjacent to the aperture plane for positioning an interchangeable fiber connector in the housing with an end of an angled end of an optical fiber in the connector in the aperture plane;
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• means for applying an RF modulating signal to the laser in the housing.