DocumentCode
930723
Title
High-resolution measurement of polarization dependent loss
Author
Nyman, Bruce M. ; Wolter, Gregory
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
5
Issue
7
fYear
1993
fDate
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
817
Lastpage
818
Abstract
Polarization-dependent loss (PDL) is the dependence of insertion loss on the state of polarization (SOP) of the input light. Previous efforts to measure PDL of components had an uncertainty of more than 0.01 dB, primarily due to the PDL of the measurement equipment itself. A method that uses an erbium-doped-fiber depolarizer, resulting in a test set with an uncertainty of+or-0.001 dB, is presented.<>
Keywords
measurement errors; optical losses; optical polarisers; optical resolving power; Er-doped fibre depolariser; erbium-doped-fiber depolarizer; high resolution measurement; input light; insertion loss; measurement equipment; measurement uncertainty; polarization dependent loss; state of polarization; Detectors; Erbium; Loss measurement; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optimized production technology; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.229817
Filename
229817
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