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Method and apparatus for monitoring optical fibers during payout

  • US 5,019,780 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1989
  • Issued: 05/28/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for measuring an optical fiber as the optical fiber is payed out from a support, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a support having an optical fiber wound in turns thereupon;

    paying out the optical fiber from the support; and

    measuring the electromagnetic field produced by payout of the optical fiber.

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