Method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification
US7283688B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2852
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification includes imparting a time-varying modulation onto an optical signal propagating in an optical fiber and subsequently detecting the presence of the time-varying modulation in the optical signal transmitting through the fiber to identify the fiber. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a time-varying curvature is imposed on the fiber to be identified and the presence of the resultant time variation in the transmitted power of a propagating optical signal is subsequently detected for identification of the manipulated fiber.
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