Afl Telecommunications Lcc

Lalitkumar Bansal

Daiichiro Tanaka

Ted Lichoulas

Lawrence Srutkowski

John Sugrim

Chandraika (John) Sugrim

A process and apparatus for cleaving an optical fiber are provided. The process includes window stripping the optical fiber using a laser source to create a window strip. The window stripped optical fiber is then scribed at a position within the window strip and tension is applied to the optical fiber. The cleaved optical fiber can be chamfered by applying a heat source to the cleaved end face. The above process and apparatus provide a high precision and inexpensive system for fiber cleaving and chamfering.

Method and apparatus for cleaving and chamfering optical fiber

A ferrule structure including a ferrule having an end face shape configured to incorporate at least a portion of a lens attached to an end of an optical fiber. The end face includes a cavity in which a circumference of the cavity is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the ferrule and larger than in inner diameter of an opening in the ferrule housing an optical fiber.

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Greenville, SC, United States of America

Lalitkumar Bansal