Core alignment system for optical fibers
US4911522A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1984 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2551
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A core alignment system for aligning a pair of optical fibers to be spliced, in which core alignment is accomplished by applying a pair of aligned beams of light emitted in opposite directions by a semiconductor laser to the butt joint ends of a pair of optical fibers to be spliced, detecting a leakage beam leaking from a side surface of each optical fiber close to the laser, and adjusting the positioning of the optical fibers so that the leakage beams are minimized.
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