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- Patent Title: Multimode launch systems for use in performing an OTDR measurement on a multi-fiber array DUT and method of performing same
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Application No.: US15867938Application Date: 2018-01-11
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Publication No.: US10200118B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Bernard Ruchet
- Applicant: EXFO INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Quebec
- Assignee: EXFO Inc.
- Current Assignee: EXFO Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Quebec
- Agent Helene Chotard
- Main IPC: H04B10/071
- IPC: H04B10/071 ; H04B10/2581 ; G01M11/00 ; G02B6/14

Abstract:
A multimode launch system to be connected to an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) for use in performing at least one OTDR measurement on a multi-fiber array Device Under Test (DUT), the multimode launch system comprising: an optical switch being connectable to the OTDR during use; a launch array device having an end being connectable to the optical switch and another end being connectable to the multi-fiber array DUT during use, the launch array device having a plurality of multimode launch optical fibers each having at least one first guidance parameter being smaller than a corresponding one of at least one second guidance parameter of at least one multimode optical fiber of the optical switch; and a multi-fiber mode conditioner along the launch array device for inducing a preferential attenuation of higher-order optical modes of test light propagated into the multi-fiber array DUT during use.
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