NIST Measurement Services: Optical Fiber Power Meter Nonlinearity Calibrations atNIST

摘要

We describe a system for measuring the response nonlinearity of optical fiberpower meters and detectors over a wide power dynamic range at telecommunication wavelengths. The system uses optical fiber components and is designed to accommodate discontinuities between neighboring power ranges or scale settings of the optical fiber power meter. Measurements with this system yield correction factors for all power ranges of the meter. The measurement system is capable of producing results which have standard deviations as low as 0.01%. The measurement uncertainties associated with the system are described.