OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - TEST METHODS - PART 11-2: POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION PARAMETER - POINCARE SPHERE ANALYSIS METHOD
International Electrotechnical Committee
Foreword
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Abbreviated terms
4 Apparatus
4.1 General
4.2 Light source
4.3 State of polarization generator
4.4 Analyser
5 Procedure
6 Calculations
6.1 Poincare sphere analysis calculations
6.2 Display of differential group delay versus wavelength
6.3 Average differential group delay
6.4 Maximum differential group delay
7 Test results
Bibliography
Describes a procedure for measuring the PMD of OAs. Applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) including optical fibre amplifiers (OFAs) using active fibres and semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) using semiconductor gain media.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 86 |
