• DocumentCode
    3565759
  • Title

    Transmitter for calibrating extinction ratio measurements of optical receivers

  • Author

    Jargon, Jeffrey A. ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Hale, Paul D. ; Engenhardt, Klaus M. ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We describe a transmitter being developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for calibrating extinction ratio measurements of optical receivers. Preliminary measurement results are presented, and major uncertainty components are discussed.
  • Keywords
    calibration; measurement uncertainty; optical fibre testing; optical receivers; optical transmitters; National Institute of Standards and Technology; extinction ratio measurement; optical receiver calibration; optical transmitter; uncertainty components; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Fiber lasers; NIST; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Oscilloscopes; Quantum cascade lasers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (120.3940) Metrology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032372
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3565759