Patent ID: 9167626
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G02B,H05B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing at least one coating from a lengthwise section of an optical fiber, wherein the at least one coating has a thermal decomposition temperature, and the apparatus comprises: a heater configured for heating a heating region to a temperature above the thermal decomposition temperature of the at least one coating; a securing mechanism configured for securing the optical fiber so that the lengthwise section of the optical fiber is positioned in the heating region; a controller operatively associated with the heater; and a sensor for detecting explosive removal of the at least one coating from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber, wherein the controller is configured and operatively associated with the sensor for deactivating the heater in response to the sensor detecting explosive removal of the at least one coating from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber, so that the deactivating of the heater occurs not later than immediately after the explosive removal of the at least one coating from the lengthwise section of the optical fiber in the heating region.