Raychem Limited

Robert Schlingensiepen

Frank H Levinson

Nelson M Shen

Joseph Zucker

An apparatus for terminating an optical fiber includes a resiliently deformable spherical member disposed in contact with a front end of a bore of an optical fiber contact body. Subsequent to softening an adhesive disposed within the contact body bore, an optical fiber is inserted through the bore and the adhesive until the fiber contacts the blocking member and deforms it. The resiliency of the blocking member causes adhesive to be wiped off the front face of the fiber being terminated and into an annulus formed between an outer cylindrical surface of the fiber and an inner cylindrical surface of the bore, and causes the fiber front end to be recessed a predetermined amount from a front end of the contact body.

Method and apparatus for terminating an optical fiber with a curved bore

A method of aligning an optical signal source and a waveguide which comprises; directing the signal into the waveguide, monitoring the intensity of the signal backscattered along the waveguide, and altering the relative positions of source and waveguide in response to said intensity.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Robert Schlingensiepen