Routing of multicore optical fibers in data networks
US11740410B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2553
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of splicing multicore optical fibers to one another for use in a data network. First and second multicore optical fibers each have a number of cores arranged in a certain pattern about the fiber axis, thus defining a number of pairs of cores wherein the cores of each pair are arrayed symmetrically with respect to a key plane that includes the fiber axis. Ends of the first and the second fibers are arranged in axial alignment to one another such that the key plane at the end of the first fiber is aligned with the key plane at the end of the second fiber, thereby placing a defined pair of cores in the first fiber in position for splicing to a corresponding defined pair of cores in the second fiber. The defined pairs of cores in the two fibers are then spliced to one another.
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