A single-mode optical fiber attenuator for intercomparison of attenuation

Author

Iwasaki, Takashi

Author_Institution

Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

43

Issue

6

fYear

1994

fDate

12/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

837

Lastpage

842

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the investigation for developing an attenuator to be used in an intercomparison of attenuation values in single-mode optical fiber systems. The attenuation measurements in single-mode systems have a polarization-dependence problem corresponding to the mode-dependence problem in the multimode fiber systems. Therefore, an attenuator in which a small polarizer is placed was developed in order to obtain polarization-independent characteristics. If this attenuator is used as a transfer standard for the measurement comparison, any reference condition on polarization will not be required

Keywords

attenuators; calibration; measurement standards; optical fibre testing; optical fibres; LED; intercomparison; laser diode; measurement comparison; multimode fiber systems; polarization-dependence; single-mode optical fiber attenuator; transfer standard; Attenuation measurement; Diode lasers; Fluctuations; Frequency; Light sources; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.368088

Filename

368088