Optical waveguides – With splice – Alignment of fiber ends prior to splicing
Patent
1996-03-27
1998-09-22
Ngo, John
Optical waveguides
With splice
Alignment of fiber ends prior to splicing
385 98, 385 99, 385 38, G02B 638
Patent
active
058127186
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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Carpenter James B.
Henson Gordon D.
Meis Michael A.
Patterson Richard A.
Chernivec Gerald F.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Ngo John
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