Method of configuring an optical cable and apparatus for same
US10393620B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4298
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of configuring an optical cable comprising a plurality of optical fibers. The method includes cleaving with a laser beam a first end of an optical fiber at a first end of the optical cable. The laser beam has an intensity distribution adapted to cause a burst of light to be generated during cleaving of the optical fiber and the laser beam is adapted to cause at least some of the burst of light to be received into the first end of the optical fiber, for propagation within the optical fiber. Light output from a second end of the optical cable is detected, and the optical fiber from which the light was output is determined. Finally, the optical fiber at the second end of the optical cable from which the light was output is correlated with the optical fiber that was cleaved.
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