Atlanta Fiber System Experiment: Demountable Single-Fiber Optic Connectors and Their Measurement on Location

The Atlanta Fiber System Experiment was a first test of fiberguide equipment to explore the feasibility of using optical fibers for digital metropolitan trunk transmission systems. It was realized at the onset that high-density systems using cables containing up to 144 fibers1 would require a fiber interconnection system within the central offices to allow convenient access to all fibers and to permit connecting any number of fibers end to end and to the electronics. A fiberguide interconnection system was therefore implemented for the Atlanta Experiment. This paper describes the interconnection system and the single-fiber connector on which it is based.