Title :
Efficacy of manual fiber optic cleavers used on coated optical fibers
Author :
Mazurowski, John ; Toney, James
Author_Institution :
Electro-Opt. Center, Pennsylvania State Univ., Freeport, PA
fDate :
Sept. 30 2008-Oct. 2 2008
Abstract :
This work compares the performance of two manual fiber cleavers, which are specifically intended to solve the problem of field cleaving fibers in the presence of durable coatings such as polyimide.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; coated optical fibers; fiber optic cleavers; polyimide; Calibration; Coatings; Insertion loss; Inspection; Laboratories; Optical fibers; Performance loss; Polyimides; Splicing; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber-Optics and Photonics Technology Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1919-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1920-3
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2008.4653192
