Method for aligning two waveguide fiber ends and an apparatus for performing the method

US5011259A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Winfried Lieber · Krailling, DE
• Thomas Eder · Traun, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 1990
• Grant date: Apr 30, 1991
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/2555
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for the true alignment of two fiber ends, wherein the fiber ends are illuminated and, thus, generate a picture of the fiber ends, which is scanned with a picture sensor of a video camera.