Optical fiber characterization by simultaneous measurement of the transmitted and refracted near field

Author

Gisin, N. ; Passy, R. ; Perny, B.

Author_Institution

Group of Appl. Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1993

fDate

11/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1875

Lastpage

1883

Abstract

An experimental setup is presented which permits, in a routine way for R&D purposes, simultaneous measurement of the transmitted near field at 1300 nm and 1550 nm, and the refracted near field at 820 nm. A new method for the calibration of the refractive index is proposed. The obtained accuracy for the refractive index is dn±0.0002. The reproducibility of measurements of geometrical parameters like the mode field diameter, the core and cladding diameters, and concentricity error, is ±0.1 μm. Measurements of the mode field as a function of polarization state for four different hi-bi fiber are presented

Keywords

calibration; diameter measurement; light transmission; measurement errors; optical fibre testing; refractive index measurement; 1300 nm; 1550 nm; accuracy; cladding diameters; concentricity error; core diameters; geometrical parameters; hi-bi fiber; measurement reproducibility; mode field; mode field diameter; optical fiber characterization; polarization state; refracted near field; refractive index calibration; simultaneous measurement; transmitted near field; Calibration; Geometrical optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Refractive index; Research and development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.251187

Filename

251187