Patent ID: 6870993

Claim:
An optical transmission cable interconnect for insertion in an undersea optical transmission cable, said interconnect comprising: a plurality of modules, each of said modules including: an internal housing having an outer dimension substantially equal to an outer dimension of an internal fiber splice housing of an undersea optical fiber cable joint, said internal housing including: a pair of opposing end faces each having a retaining element for retaining the internal housing within an outer housing of said undersea optical fiber cable joint, said retaining element including an aperture through which at least one optical fiber extending from an end portion of the optical transmission cable extends into the internal housing; a sidewall interconnecting said opposing end faces and extending between said opposing end faces in a longitudinal direction, said sidewall including a receptacle portion having a plurality of thru-holes each being sized to receive a passive optical component employed in an optical amplifier; and a first segment of undersea optical transmission cable operationally coupling a first end face of a first of the modules to a second end face of a second of the modules.