Title :
Accuracy in PMD measurements
Author_Institution :
Div. of Optoelectron., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.565179
