Patent ID: 6549712
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A process for recoating a stripped optical fiber, said process comprising the steps of:providing an optical fiber having a coating; cutting said coating to provide a first cut boundary spaced from a second cut boundary to mark an internal section of said coating of said optical fiber, said internal section having opposing sides; removing said coating from at least one of said opposing sides to provide a pared intervening layer and further to form a first transition region opposite a second transition region, each of said first transition region and said second transition region having a substantially wedge-shaped contour; displacing said coating from said optical fiber to provide said stripped optical fiber including a bare section of optical fiber, said first transition region and said second transition region; and applying recoating material to said stripped optical fiber to cover said bare section of said optical fiber, said first transition region and said second transition region.