| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (104; 204; 304) and a method for jointing a first optical fibre (228) and a second optical fibre (232), the apparatus comprising a composite cable (202), where the composite cable comprises an electric power cable (206), a first optical fibre cable (226) comprising the first optical fibre, and a second optical fibre cable (231) comprising the second optical fibre, wherein the apparatus comprises a first routing device (236a) and a second routing device (236b), each routing device being arranged to change the direction of a fibre optic path from a first axis (238) to a second axis (240) and comprising a first optical fibre portion (242) aligned with the first axis, a second optical fibre portion (244) aligned with the second axis, and an intermediate optical fibre portion (246) integral with the first and second optical fibre portions and extending through an arc (248) between the first and second optical fibre portions, the intermediate optical fibre portion in the region of the arc having a reduced diameter in relation to the diameter of the first and second optical fibre portions, wherein the first optical fibre is optically connected to the first optical fibre portion of the first routing device, wherein the second optical fibre is optically connected to the first optical fibre portion of the second routing device, and wherein the second optical fibre portion of the first routing device is optically connected to the second optical fibre portion of the second routing device.</p> |
