User`s guide

Additional Cleaning Information Cleaning Information
Agilent 81618A/9A and Agilent 81623B/4B/6B/8B Optical Heads, Fourth Edition
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Additional Cleaning Information
The following cleaning procedures may be used with other optical
equipment:
• How to clean bare fiber ends
• How to clean large area lenses and mirrors
How to clean bare fiber ends
Bare fiber ends are often used for splices or, together with other optical
components, to create a parallel beam. The end of a fiber can often be
scratched. You make a new cleave. To do this:
1 Strip off the cladding.
2 Take a new soft tissue and moisten it with isopropyl alcohol.
3 Carefully clean the bare fiber with this tissue.
4 Make your cleave and immediately insert the fiber into your bare fiber
adapter in order to protect the surface from dirt.