Optical fibre grinder

Details Optical fibre grinder Optical fibre grinder

1986-12-12

1988-07-05

Whitehead, Harold D.

Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition

With carbohydrate or reaction product thereof

511311, B24B 4912

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047545763

ABSTRACT:
A grinding device for grinding the ends of fibres and particularly optical fibres comprises a stand 10 carrying a mounting arrangement 13 for mounting a fibre and rotating it about its longitudinal axis. The stand 10 also carries a grinding wheel 18 and a microscope 22. The positions of the microscope 22 and mounting arrangement are all accurately controllable by micrometers 12, 23, 25 and 27.

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"Optimisation of the Coupling Efficiency Between a Semiconductor Laser and a Monomode Optical Fibre", by G. Georgiou, GEC Research Laboratories, U.K., SPIE, vol. 374.

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