Patent ID: 9690053
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for aligning multicore fibers within a multifiber ferrule, comprising: (a) stripping an end portion of a multicore fiber cable containing a plurality of multicore fibers, so as to expose the bare multicore fibers; (b) inserting the exposed multicore fibers into a plurality of guide holes defined longitudinally through a ferrule; (c) aligning the cores of the fibers rotationally, in a predetermined orientation, relative to the ferrule; (d) bonding each multicore fiber within the ferrule; (e) trimming each multicore fiber at a ferrule endface so as to create a plurality of multicore fiber endfaces protruding from the ferrule endface; and (f) polishing the multicore fiber endfaces.