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Remote end detection

US5248128A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1992
Grant dateSep 28, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/50
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining passage along an installation route of an advancing end of an optical fibre. A detector at the installation end detects when light is transmitted back along the fibre from a source at a predetermined location. The source may be a primary source or comprise a means for coupling to a light carrying fibre.

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