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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lori L Haskins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Annette L Vandervort, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356 731 ;
Abstract
Methods for identifying optical fibers which exhibit elevated levels of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) are provided. The methods employ difference traces obtained from optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) measurements. The presence of a cyclical pattern in such a difference trace has been found to be indicative of a fiber having an elevated level of PMD.