Patent ID: 9366828
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing an aligned angled-physical contact (APC) connectorization for an optical cable containing a twisted core multicore optical fiber, the twisted core multicore optical fiber having a plurality of optical fiber cores arrayed substantially in a helical pattern, the method comprising: stripping an end portion of the multicore optical cable to create an exposed, bare end of the multicore fiber, inserting the exposed end portion of the multicore fiber into a capillary extending longitudinally through a ferrule of an optical connector, bonding the exposed end of the multicore fiber within the ferrule, trimming the fiber at the ferrule tip, polishing the trimmed fiber, and rotating the ferrule around its longitudinal axis, within the optical connector, until the fiber cores have a selected pre-polish angular offset relative to a selected post-polish rotational alignment, and polishing the ferrule to a desired endface angle, such that the fiber cores have the selected post-polish rotational alignment.