A discussion of two ways of treating measurements of optical fiber loss

Author

Li, Luo

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt. Fiber Technol., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China

Volume

42

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

56

Abstract

The loss measurement errors that arise from cutting optical fibers in fiber links and in pigtailed optical devices are analyzed in detail. Two methods of treating loss measurement data are compared: averaging P_i/P_o measurement and using just the maximum P_i/P_o measurement. Based on a large number of cutting experiments, a block diagram of cutting power distribution was constructed, and the measurement errors for both techniques were calculated. The results show that the measurement error of the maximum value taken at the input and output ends is less than the measurement error of the average value

Keywords

cutting; measurement errors; optical fibres; optical loss measurement; optical workshop techniques; averaging; cutting; fiber links; loss measurement errors; measurement errors; optical fiber loss; pigtailed optical devices; power distribution; Equations; Light sources; Loss measurement; Measurement errors; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Power measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.206681

Filename

206681