Patent ID: 7577330
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of connectorizing an optical fiber comprising: providing a nano-engineered fiber having a core, a cladding with non-periodically disposed airlines, and at least one of a coating and a buffer; stripping a length of the at least one of the coating and the buffer to expose a mid-span portion of the optical fiber; selectively applying a predetermined amount of energy to the mid-span portion sufficient to collapse the airlines at the mid-span portion to form an airline-free potion thereat; mounting the optical fiber within a connector ferrule having a ferrule end face so that the airline-free potion is arranged at the ferrule end face and so that a portion of the fiber protrudes beyond the ferrule end face; and cleaving the optical fiber through the airline-free portion at or near the ferrule end face to provide a fiber end face having no airlines.