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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Kelvin B Bradley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Eric J Leichter, Buford, GA (US);
Gregory A Sandels, Buford, GA (US);
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of connecting lengths of multicore optical fibers (MCFs) to one another. First and second lengths of a MCF whose cores are arranged in a certain pattern about the fiber axis to define pairs of cores are provided, and the cores of each pair of cores are disposed symmetrically with respect to a key plane that includes the axis of the fiber. Ends of the first and the second lengths of the MCF are arranged in axial alignment with one another, and the key plane at the end of the first length of the MCF is aligned with the key plane at the end of the second length of the MCF. Each defined pair of cores in the first length of the MCF is thereby positioned to mate with the same defined pair of cores in the second length of the MCF.