DocumentCode
305239
Title
Accuracy in PMD measurements
Author
Williams, P.A.
Author_Institution
Div. of Optoelectron., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
18-21 Nov. 1996
Firstpage
170
Abstract
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) measurements on fibers are complicated by their large variance for typical measurement conditions. Consequently, much care has been taken in improving and quantifying the precision of PMD measurements. However, this is sometimes at the expense of the absolute accuracy. This paper describes some ofthe current work being done on establishing accuracy for PMD measurements.
Keywords
measurement errors; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; PMD measurements; accuracy; fibers; large variance; polarization mode dispersion; precision; NIST; Noise measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical retarders; Optimized production technology; Particle measurements; Round robin; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3160-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1996.565179
Filename
565179
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