Method and apparatus for fusion-splicing polarization maintaining
optical fibers
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for fusion-splicing polarization maintaining optical fibers 失效
    用于熔接偏振保持光纤的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4911524A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-27

    申请号:US355919

    申请日:1989-05-23

    IPC分类号: G02B6/255

    CPC分类号: G02B6/2551

    摘要: .theta.-clamp also serves as a jacket clamp. The clamp comprises a cover mounted on an arm by a hinge and kept closed by a magnet, so that a pusher provided in the cover is urged against a jacketed portion of an optical fiber by a spring. In this state, the fiber is rotated in a .theta. direction by rotating a dial. .theta.-clamp also serves as a jacket clamp. Therefore, 1. The .theta.-clamp can be positioned close to a fiber clamp. For this reason, the optical fiber is not twisted during .theta.-axes alignment, and a follow-up property of rotation of the optical fiber with respect to rotation of the .theta. axis is improved. In addition, the apparatus need not be adjusted so as not to twist the optical fiber. 2. The distance between fiber clamp and .theta.-clamp is shortened. Therefore, when the optical fiber is clamped and moved in the z direction, the jacketed portion is not flexed. For this reason, a follow-up property of movement of the end face of the optical fiber with respect to movement of a table in the z-axis direction is improved.

    Apparatus for fusion-splicing a pair of polarization maintaining optical
fibers
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for fusion-splicing a pair of polarization maintaining optical fibers 失效
    用于熔融一对保偏光纤的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5149350A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-22

    申请号:US633764

    申请日:1990-12-26

    IPC分类号: G02B6/255 G02B6/38

    摘要: An apparatus for fusion splicing optical fibers has one rotatable clamp mechanism that is manually operated and a second rotatable clamp mechanism that is operated by a motor. A three position stopper functions in the first position as a stopper against the optical fibers when the optical fibers are moved toward each other and in the second position as a mirror for reflecting an image of respective end faces of the optical fibers. A rapid fine adjustment of the alignment of the polarization maintaining optical fibers can be made.

    摘要翻译: 用于熔接光纤的装置具有手动操作的一个可旋转夹紧机构和由电动机操作的第二可旋转夹紧机构。 当光纤彼此相对移动并且在第二位置中时,三位置限位器作为阻挡光纤的阻挡器在第一位置中起作用,用于反射光纤的各个端面的图像。 可以进行极化保持光纤的对准的快速微调。

    Method of testing spliced portion of optical fibers
    7.
    发明授权
    Method of testing spliced portion of optical fibers 失效
    测试光纤接合部分的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4945776A

    公开(公告)日:1990-08-07

    申请号:US285701

    申请日:1988-12-16

    CPC分类号: G01M11/37 G02B6/2551

    摘要: In a method of testing a spliced portion of exposed fiber portions of optical fibers, the optical fibers are arranged with each other in line so that ends of the exposed fiber portions are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. The ends of the exposed fiber portions are heated and melted by discharge heating. The optical fibers are then moved in the abutment or closing directions by a predetermined distance, so that the ends of the exposed fiber portions abut against each other to form a spliced portion. The minimum outer diameter value d of the spliced portion is measured. Ratio d/D of minimum value d to value D of the outer diameter of exposed fiber portion is calculated. Spliced portions having splicing defects can be detected by detecting of spliced portions having ratio d/D of less than 1 (d/D

    Optical fiber ribbon fusion-splicing device
    8.
    发明授权
    Optical fiber ribbon fusion-splicing device 失效
    光纤玻璃熔接分离器件

    公开(公告)号:US5158591A

    公开(公告)日:1992-10-27

    申请号:US595265

    申请日:1990-10-09

    IPC分类号: G02B6/255

    CPC分类号: G02B6/2551

    摘要: In an optical fiber ribbon fusion-splicing device, a TV camera is set such that the horizontal direction of an image sensor contained in the TV camera in which direction a horizontal scanning is carried out and the resolution of the image sensor is higher than that in the vertical direction in which a vertical scanning is carried out is a direction perpendicular to the coaxial direction of a pair of grooved supporting members for supporting fibers of a pair of optical fiber ribbons to be fusion-spliced. Thus, when the fibers of the pair of optical fiber ribbons are set on the supporting members in the coaxial direction thereof, the horizontal direction of the image sensor is perpendicular to the coaxial direction of the fibers of the optical fiber ribbon. Since, therefore, misalignment of the fibers is involved in the high resolution direction, the misalignment can be detected with high precision, without decreasing the power factor of the image sensor.