Good cleavers for fiber-optic communication technology

Fiber optics technology has shown immense applications in the areas of medicine, telecommunication, and imaging. For these particular applications, it requires fibers with precise cleaving. In this paper, we will demonstrate a quick, simple and efficient cleaving method that can result in a high-quality fiber surface that works well for many fiber-optic applications. The smooth tip and good surface quality obtained on the cleaved surface of optical fiber is demonstrated by using a microscope imaging system and was flat surface with a 90(0) angle for perpendicular cleavages. The precision cleaver provides smooth and high-quality cleaves on single-fiber surfaces as opposed to the ruby scribe pen. The defects that may occur during the cleaving process are clearly explained here. Our obtained images demonstrated that these precision cleavers have great potential to cut various fibers at one time with high speed, good efficiency, and accuracy. We also found that this cleavage technique produced the greatest laser intensity and the best light dispersion pattern, while the scribe pen resulted in undesirable levels of laser intensity and light dispersion pattern.