Fiber optic termination arrangement and method of making the same

A fiber optic termination arrangement comprising:

• a first optical fiber with a first core surrounded by cladding having a first end with a first cylindrical outer surface and a second end with a second outer surface, a third outer surface connecting the first out surface to the second outer surface, the first cylindrical outer surface being larger than the second outer surface;
• a second optical fiber having a third end operably spliced to the second end of the first optical fiber;
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• a third optical fiber having a fourth cylindrical outer surface and a second core, the fourth cylindrical outer surface being sized similar to the first cylindrical outer surface to facilitate operationally aligning the second core with the first core without splicing the second core to the first core.

A method of making an optical fiber termination, comprising:

• forming a single structured first optical fiber with a first core surrounded by cladding defining a first cylindrical outer surface;
• reducing an outer surface of the first optical fiber at a transition region near one end thereof from the first cylindrical outer surface to a second outer surface dimensioned approximate an outer surface dimension of a second optical fiber over a third outer surface;
• operationally fusing the one end to the second optical fiber;
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• sizing the first cylindrical outer surface to be similar to a fourth cylindrical outer surface of a third optical fiber to facilitate interfacing the first optical fiber and the third optical fiber with a connector capable of operationally aligning the first core with a second core of the third optical fiber without needing to splice the first core to the second core.