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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Kazuhiro Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Rikihiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Ando Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting a multi-core optical fiber having a plurality of cores arranged in one plane includes a light source having a plurality of optical output terminals which are connected to the incident ends of the respective cores of the multi-core optical fiber and used for putting optical signals into the respective cores thereof; optical signal taking means ( and ) for taking out the optical signal emitted from the emission end of each core of the multi-core optical fiber in a time series mode according to the alignment order of emission-side cores of the multi-core optical fiber; optical signal detecting means ( and ) for detecting the optical signal thus taken out by the optical signal taking means; and signal processing means for verifying core numbers of the respective cores of the multi-core optical fiber on the basis of the signal patterns of detection outputs of the optical signal detecting means.