An up-taper is applied by a mode adapter to increase a signal mode area prior to tapering and combining.. . ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Tool system for routing an optical fiber or cable through walls at customer premises
A tool system for threading an optical fiber through a hole formed in a wall at customer premises, and for protecting the fiber inside the wall. A tool body has forwardly projecting fingers for capturing a connector at an end of the fiber from a direction approaching a front face of the connector. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Module for optical fiber installation and storage at customer premises
A module for installing and storing an optical fiber includes a supply spool containing fiber for routing between the module and a service module at a customer premises. An adapter inside the module connects the fiber on the spool with an outside connector associated with a device at the premises. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Module for optical fiber installation and storage at customer premises
A module for optical fiber installation and storage at customer premises has a base, and a fiber supply spool mounted for rotation on the base. An elongated adapter plate has a front end portion for mounting a connector adapter. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
High backscattering waveguides
A high backscattering fiber comprising a perturbed segment in which the perturbed segment reflects a relative power that is more than three (3) decibels (db) above rayleigh scattering. The high backscattering fiber also exhibits a coupling loss of less than 0.5 db.. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
A ribbon transition tool modifies a 200 μm ribbon for splicing to a 250 μm ribbon. A spreader comb is fixedly mounted at the front end of the base of the tool. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Surface treated optical fibers and cables for installation at customer premises
A method of treating a buffered optical fiber or jacketed cable having a relatively low surface energy, e.g., fibers or cables that meet low smoke zero halogen (lszh) standards, so they can be bonded to a supporting substrate at a customer premises by a water soluble, non-flammable adhesive. One or more burners produce a flame that treats the surface of the fiber or cable by oxidizing the surface as the fiber or cable moves past the burners. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Tight-buffered optical fiber having improved fiber access
A tight-buffered optical fiber cable includes an improved method of accessing the coated optical fiber. The cable can include an optical fiber having a glass core and a cladding layer. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Compact adapter module for installation at customer premises
A compact adapter module for installation at customer premises includes a base for mounting on a supporting surface, and a cover. The base is constructed for mounting a connector adapter operative to connect two communication lines to one another at a given location along a routing path at customer premises. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
An optical fiber cable comprising a stack of optical fiber ribbons. The stack comprises corner fibers at the corners of the stack, edge fibers the edges of the stack, and internal fibers that are internal to the stack. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
High-birefringence hollow-core fibers and techniques for making same
A hollow core fiber has a cladding comprising a matrix of cells, wherein each cell comprises a hole and a wall surrounding the hole. The fiber further has a hollow core region comprising a core gap in the matrix of cells, wherein the core gap spans a plurality of cells and has a boundary defined by the interface of the core gap. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Rollable ribbons in loose-tube cable structures
Embodiments of the invention include an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a plurality of multi-fiber unit tubes. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Method for high speed processing of partially bonded ribbon structures
. . Embodiments of the invention include a method for making a partially bonded optical fiber ribbon. The method includes providing a linear array of optical fibers, and applying with an ink jet printing machine a bonding matrix material to at least a portion of at least two adjacent optical fibers. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Loose-tube optical fiber cables
An optical fiber cable comprising 200 micrometer (μm) optical fibers (fibers with an outer diameter of approximately 200 μm) that are located within buffer tubes. This permits fiber packing densities of 3.8 fibers/mm2 or higher. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Embodiments of the invention include a method for making a partially bonded optical fiber ribbon. The method includes providing a linear array of optical fibers, and applying a bonding matrix material randomly to at least a portion of at least two adjacent optical fibers. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
Disclosed herein is a coating composition comprising a silsesquioxane component having one or more reactive functional groups that render it curable using ultraviolet radiation; where the one or more reactive functional groups are selected from the group consisting of an acrylate, a vinyl ether, or an epoxy; and optionally, a co-reactive non-silsesquioxane monomer and/or an oligomer having one or more reactive functional groups that are curable using ultraviolet radiation and are selected from the group consisting of free radically curable acrylates, cationically curable epoxies, and cationically curable vinyl ethers; where the coating composition is disposed and cured on an optical article; where the optical article is at least one of an optical fiber or an optical planar waveguide; and where the average functionality of the composition is greater than one.. . ... Ofs Fitel Llc
A high backscattering fiber comprising a perturbed segment in which the perturbed segment reflects a relative power that is more than three (3) decibels (db) above rayleigh scattering. The high backscattering fiber also exhibits a coupling loss of less than 0.5 db.. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
A length of a coating on an optical fiber is cut and stripped from an end of the fiber by supporting the fiber in confronting relation to a cutting edge on one or more blades. Each blade is positioned so that its cutting edge cuts into the coating without delaminating the coating from an underlying fiber cladding by providing the cutting edge with sufficient sharpness. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
An installation tool and method of embedding an optical fiber in an adhesive bead deposited along a structural corner or crevice in a building room or hallway, without a ladder and while an installer stands safely on the floor. The tool includes a neck portion arranged to be joined to a distal end of a pole, a trough for receiving and containing the optical fiber, a guide channel disposed at a downstream end of the trough for retaining the fiber, and a tool nose disposed at a downstream end of the guide channel. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
A distributed brillouin sensor system comprising a pump laser, a brillouin sensor fiber, and a detector system is described. The pump laser is arranged so as to send a pump signal into a first end of the brillouin sensor fiber, and the detector system is arranged to detect brillouin backscattering from the brillouin sensor fiber. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
A thread for tying a group of fibers in a fiber optic cable having an outer jacket to one another to form a fiber bundle. The thread includes a length of a binder thread, and an adhesion material coated on the binder thread so that (a) the binder thread adheres to the group of optical fibers about which the thread is tied to form the fiber bundle, and the binder thread remains adhered to the bundled fibers to restrain movement of the fibers when the outer jacket and cable elements other than the bundled fibers are removed. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
An optical fiber-based cable is formed to include pre-manufactured wireless access nodes included at spaced-apart locations along a length of the optical fiber cable. Each wireless access node is formed to include an antenna, a wireless radio transceiver, and an optical transceiver. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
. . An optical fiber cable comprising a duct space and a fiber density in the duct space. The fiber density is greater than 2.3 fibers/mm2.. ... Ofs Fitel Llc
An optical fiber having at least two polymer coatings, the optical fiber comprising: an optical fiber comprising a glass optical core and a glass cladding; a first polymer coating comprising a silicone polymer covering the optical fiber; and a second polymer coating covering the first polymer coating is provided.. . ... Ofs Fitel Llc
An optical fiber having at least one fiduciary mark is provided. The at least one fiduciary mark is located at one or more axial positions along the optical fiber. ... Ofs Fitel Llc