Method for measuring the curvature dependent specific attenuation height of a light waveguide

Abstract

Abstract Accurate determination of the attenuations caused by curvatures in light waveguides at predeterminable bending radii is made possible in a simple way owing to the fact that light is input into one end (3) of the light waveguide (1) by means of a sensor fixed and stabilized relative to this end (3), that the other end (7) of the light waveguide (3) is fixed relative to a light receiver (8) which is connected in a fixed manner to a winding drum (6), and that attenuation measurements are then taken for a small number of windings of the light waveguide (1) wound onto the winding drum (6) and at least for a substantially higher number of windings. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Peter Klaus Dr. Ing. Bachmann
• 👤 Dieter Dipl. Ing. Leers
• 👤 Detlef Uwe Dipl. Phys. Wiechert
• 👤 Klaus Dieter Zimmermann

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