Portable polymer optical fibre cleaver

David Sáez-Rodríguez; R. Min; B. Ortega; K. Nielsen; O. Bang; D.J. Webb

Portable polymer optical fibre cleaver

David Sáez-Rodríguez, R. Min, B. Ortega, K. Nielsen, O. Bang, D.J. Webb (Editor)

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT)

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Abstract

Polymer optical fibre (POF) is a growing technology in short distance telecommunication due to its flexibility, easy connectorization, and lower cost than the mostly deployed silica optical fibre (SOF) technology. Microstructured POFs (mPOFs) have particular promising potential applica-tions in the sensors and telecommunications field, they could specially help to reduce losses in poly-mer fibres by using hollow-core fibres. However, mPOFs are intrinsically more difficult to cut due to the cladding hole structure and it becomes necessary to have a high quality polymer optical cleaver. In the well-known hot-blade cutting process, fibre and blade are heated, which requires electrical compo-nents and increases cost. A new method has recently been published to cut POF without the need for heating the blade/fibre, therefore electronically devices are not required if it is used a proper mechani-cal system. In this paper, we present a passive and portable polymer optical cleaver implemented with a mechanical system formed by a constant force spring and a damper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	POF 2016: 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres - proceedings
Editors	David J. Webb, Patricia Scully, Kate Sugden
Place of Publication	Birmingham (UK)
Publisher	Aston University
Pages	100-104
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-85449-408-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016
Event	25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2016 - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Sept 2016 → 15 Sept 2016

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Conference	25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres, POF 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Birmingham
Period	13/09/16 → 15/09/16

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cleaver
MPOF
POF
polymer optical cleaver
polymer optical fiber

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