Experimental research on removing optical fiber coatings using a TEA CO2 laser

Peng Ren-xiang; Zhou Ci-ming; Zhu Hai-hong

TEA CO2 laser pulses,whose wavelength is 10.6μm,are used to remove coatings from SMF28 optical fiber.The relationships between laser fluence,the number of pulses and the ablation depth of optical fiber coatings are investigated.It is shown that the ablation depth of fiber coatings increases with laser fluence in logarithm way and there exists an optimum value in some range to obtain a naked fiber.

1. Fiber Optic Sensing Technology Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

Received Date: 2004-08-31

Accepted Date: 2004-10-15

Available Online: 2005-11-25

Abstract: TEA CO2 laser pulses,whose wavelength is 10.6μm,are used to remove coatings from SMF28 optical fiber.The relationships between laser fluence,the number of pulses and the ablation depth of optical fiber coatings are investigated.It is shown that the ablation depth of fiber coatings increases with laser fluence in logarithm way and there exists an optimum value in some range to obtain a naked fiber.

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Experimental research on removing optical fiber coatings using a TEA CO2 laser

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