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The FK12 Angled Fiber Cleaver produces mirror-like fiber ends with user-selectable cleave angles to minimize back reflections. g. for building a fiber laser), it is important to keep the cleave angle small – well below the beam divergence angle corresponding to the fiber mode. Cleaving of non-standard fibers may take many experiments and substantial practicing time until it works well.

Usually, such surfaces should be as flat as possible, at least over the area of the fiber core (sometimes over the full cross-section), and often it is important that the surface is either perpendicular to the fiber axis or has a well-defined angle against the fiber axis. Since both the scribing and breaking process are under manual control, this method varies greatly in repeatability. After lightly scoring the fiber, pull the fiber straight away from the connector to finish the scribe process. Cleavers that are designed for fusion splicing require a low average angle that is one degree or less, while cleavers appropriate for mechanical connectors require angles below three degrees.article on 'Cleaving of fibers' in the RP Photonics Encyclopedia] © RP Photonics AG All rights reserved worldwide. This procedure allows one to produce a high-quality surface with an arbitrary well-defined orientation of the fiber surface. Also, one should take precautions to make them well visible in the working area, for example by using a black pad below the working area. g. with a sharp diamond, carbide or ceramic blade, before or while some defined tension or bending is applied to the fiber. Cleaving is the standard method to obtain such surfaces, or sometimes the first step towards that goal.

However, some cleavers are less automated and require operators to exert force manually to cut the fiber cable, which makes it difficult to predict and control the force.On the other hand, a laser lever is of course substantially more expensive than a mechanical cleaver. Reach out to us, and we'll be more than happy to answer your questions and provide the guidance you need. There are hand-held microscopes for such purposes, and fusion splicing apparatuses also often contain a microscope. Some deviation from a normal (perpendicular) cleave may be irrelevant if the orientation of the fiber (or possibly that of a focusing or collimation lens) can be controlled for correcting the tilt angle.

They can produce repeatable results through thousands of cleaves by simply rotating the wheel/blade accordingly.Using your smartphone, your splicer connects to the internet and Sumitomo's cloud services which include data management, asset management, firmware updates and maintenance support. Cleaving then takes place without damage from compressive stresses and blade intrusion into the fiber that is typical of conventional cleavers.

Since fracture is such a violent and difficult to control process, even the best commercial cleaver will sometime produce defective cleaves. Determine whether you require a single- or multi-fiber cleaver that can precisely cleave one to 12 fibers at a time. Sumitomo Electric has its own service centre in 11 locations and also appoints certified service distributors in over 100 locations in 80 countries.

The downside to these built-in cleavers is that if either the cleaver or splicer requires maintenance, the technician loses two valuable tools, which can hold up the job at hand.