Patent ID: 9671562
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01K,G02B,G06F

Claim:
1. A thermal monitoring system, comprising; input fibers for receiving optical signals; a glass taper where the input fibers converge and are fused together; an output fiber optically coupled to the glass taper, the output fiber comprising an output strip edge, the output fiber further comprising a mode stripper, the mode stripper comprising a mode-stripper input and a mode-stripper output; input-splice sensors, each input-splice sensor being operatively coupled to a corresponding input fiber, each input-splice sensor to monitor thermal conditions associated with its corresponding input fiber; a taper thermal sensor operatively coupled to the glass taper, the taper thermal sensor to monitor thermal conditions associated with the glass taper; an output-strip-edge thermal sensor operatively coupled to the output strip edge, the output-strip-edge thermal sensor to monitor thermal conditions associated with the output strip edge; a mode-stripper-input sensor operatively coupled to the mode-stripper input, the mode-stripper-input sensor to monitor thermal conditions associated with the mode-stripper input; and a mode-stripper-output sensor operatively coupled to the mode-stripper output, the mode-stripper-output sensor to monitor thermal conditions associated with the mode-stripper output.