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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
France Telecom, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for measuring the optical coupling between cores of a multicore fiber which comprises transmitter capable of transmitting a train of pulses of controlled frequency and width into one end of a core of a multicore fiber, and detection capable of detecting the signal received at the same end of at least one other adjacent core of the multicore fiber, with a controlled time window close to the transmission pulse duration and with a delay between 0 and the transmission period.