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  • System for testing optical fibers
    Patent number: 4292537
    Abstract: A system for nondestructively determining the attenuation coefficient, .alpha.(.lambda.), of low-loss optical fiber wave guides. Cerenkov light pulses are generated at a plurality of locations in the fiber by a beam of charged particles. The transit times of selected spectral components and their intensities are utilized to unfold the .alpha.(.lambda.) values over the measured spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Terence J. Davies, Larry A. Franks, Melvin A. Nelson