METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A TWIST PARAMETER AND/OR A BEND ANGLE ASSOCIATED WITH A MULTI-CORE FIBER

• Main Authors: Gifford, Dawn K, Klein, Justin W, Kreger, Stephen T, Froggatt, Mark E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.12.2022
• Subjects: MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; PHYSICS; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A multi-core fiber includes multiple optical cores, and for each different core of a set of different cores of the multiple optical cores, a total change in optical length is detected. The total change in optical length represents an accumulation of all changes in optical length for multiple segment...