User`s guide

Additional Cleaning Information Cleaning Procedures for Lightwave Test and Measurement Equipment
Agilent 81600B Tunable Laser Source Family, Fourth Edition 265
Additional Cleaning Information
The following cleaning procedures may be used with other optical
equipment:
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.
Preferred Procedure
There is an easy method for removing dust from bare fiber ends
Touch the bare fiber end with adhesive tape. Any dust will be removed.