Method of splicing ends of optical fibers
CA 1187273 A · Owner: Gte Automatic Electric Incorporated · Inventors: Fitch, Arthur H.; Zucker, Joseph
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METHOD OF SPLICING ENDS OF OPTICAL FIBERS by, Joseph Zucker and Arthur H. Fitch, Abstract of Disclosure A small amount of light that is transmitted in one of a pair of optical fibers having cleaved ends thereof loosely brought into butt contact is converted to leaky modes in the other fiber. Leaky mode light that is radiated out of the perimeter of the other fiber is collected in an integrating enclosure located proximate its one end and extending over a limited length or the other fiber. The light in the enclosure is detected for producing a measure of the degree of alignment of the adjacent ends of the fibers. After the cleaved ends of the fibers are aligned with micromanipulators so as …
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- Granted May 21, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 21, 2002.
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