Simplex
Laser Cleave Advantages
Angle control
- Cleave angle 0 to >45°
- Standard angle reproducibility ±0.2°
Precise Cleave Position
- Precise location with respect to ferrule or splice
Flexibility
- Can cleave pre-mounted fibers
Non-contact process
- No tool wear, or mechanical damage to the fiber
Cleave Orientation
- Cleave orientation to stress rods
Orientation to ferrule
Optical quality
- Lower scatter than conventionally polished ends
High Damage Threshold
- Laser Cleaving produces high damage-threshold facets for use in fiber-laser applications
- Choice of precise shape of end-face to match the application (eg mechanical splice, fusion splice) see data sheet
OpTek’s Laser Cleaving produces optical-quality facets on SM, MM, large-core and PM fibers and waveguides. It is the process of choice for large-volume applications for FTTH and automotive applications. It also has the flexibility to make it the ideal method for development and prototype quantities.
The optical quality of the laser cleave is unsurpassed. In telecoms applications the reproducibility of the cleave angle and the exceptionally low-scatter of the cleaved surface provides enhanced performance.
In high power applications the Laser Cleave process gives very high damage-threshold surfaces, which can also be produced directly on free-standing fibers, and, if necessary, on non-round fibers.
In all cases, the speed of the Laser Cleave process (see movie) gives unbeatable cost-effectiveness.
Moreover, the reliability and reproducibility or the process, together with the ability to process parts already assembled into fixtures or ferrules, allows the whole manufacturing sequence to be optimised, with the laser cleaving process, which produces the final optical quality end, carried out as the final step in the assembly.
Technical Specifications
Datasheet for Simplex Laser Cleave
Video of Process
Movie of LaserCleave process