Short profile optical connector

A connector that allows fiber optic cables to terminate at equipment in cabinets with little space available for cable routing, without over bending, is disclosed. The connector includes a housing, and a yoke including a collar joined to a rear end of the housing. A tubular cable bend limiter is fixed at one end to the collar and the limiter directs a cable containing one or more bend insensitive fibers through a bend of, e.g., 90 degrees, between the collar and the opposite end of the limiter with a fiber bend radius (R B ) of less than one inch (25.4 mm). If the limiter creates a fiber bend radius of 0.300 inch (7.62 mm), the distance between the front of the connector and the cable after bending may be 1.26 inches (32 mm) or less. Thus, when terminated with the connector, the cable can be routed in limited space without impairing performance.