Patent ID: 11899193
Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a microscope, a fiber optic connector via a connector adapter of the microscope,
wherein the connector adapter includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening;

aligning, by the microscope, a ferrule of the fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter of the microscope,
wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface;

transmitting, by the microscope, light onto the shaped reflective surface,
wherein the light is a single light source configurable for multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques,
wherein the single light source is configured to be used with the shaped reflective surface to provide a first microscopy lighting technique of the multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques, and
wherein the single light source is configured to provide a second microscopy lighting technique, different than the first microscopy lighting technique and of the multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques, when used with another shaped reflective surface; and

receiving, by the microscope, reflected light from the ferrule endface and with a camera of the microscope.