Title :
A comparison of wavelength dependent polarization dependent loss measurements in fiber gratings
Author :
Zhu, Yihong ; Simova, Eli ; Berini, Pierre ; Grover, Chander P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have measured wavelength dependent Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) in chirped fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation, grating filters for wavelength add/drop multiplexing and long period gratings for EDFA gain flattening. The PDL is measured in devices used in reflection and in transmission by applying the Jones matrix method, the Mueller matrix method and the polarization scanning method. A comparison of the experimental results and an analysis of the sources of errors are presented
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; measurement errors; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical loss measurement; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; EDFA gain flattening; Jones matrix method; Mueller matrix method; chirped fiber Bragg gratings; dispersion compensation; error sources; grating filters; long period gratings; loss measurement; polarization scanning method; wavelength add/drop multiplexing; wavelength dependent polarization dependent loss; Bragg gratings; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Filters; Gain measurement; Loss measurement; Page description languages; Polarization; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
