Method for connecting optical fibers and the interconnection
US5812718A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/382
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mechanical optical fiber splice which does not employ any gel material with a matching refractive index, wherein the fiber ends are prepared for intimate axial compressive contact and the fiber end faces are maintained in the splice element in optically aligned intimate contact under axial compression, as the result of heating, elastic deformation or plastic deformation of the splice element.
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