Method of determining the optical loss in reflected radiation in

Details Method of determining the optical loss in reflected radiation in Method of determining the optical loss in reflected radiation in

1992-06-16

1994-07-19

McGraw, Vincent P.

Optics: measuring and testing

For optical fiber or waveguide inspection

G01N 2159

Patent

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053313917

ABSTRACT:
A method of determining the optical loss in reflected radiation in a fibre-optic light guide under study, using an idle guide, comprises the steps of providing establishment of a stationary-mode distribution of radiation in forward and return paths thereof through the idle guide, introducing radiation from a source into the idle guide, measuring by a transducer of the power P.sub.0 of radiation reflected by the output end face of the idle guide, mating of the output end face of the idle guide with the input end face of the guide under study to obtain the maximum power of the radiation which has entered the guide under study from the idle guide and has returned by the same path to the transducer after reflection from the output end face of the guide under study, measuring of the power P.sub.1 of radiation reflected from the output end face of the guide under study, and finding, from the measured parameters, of the optical loss in the guide under study. Besides, if a high-quality mating of the end faces of the guides cannot be provided, the optical loss at the joint therebetween is determined from the measured values of powers P.sub.01 and P.sub.02 of the radiation which has entered the idle guide and has been scattered respectively in a first and a second points thereof located near the joint, and of powers P.sub.11 and P.sub.12 of the radiation which has entered the guide under study and has been scattered respectively in a first and a second points thereof, also located near the joint.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5037197 (1991-08-01), Bukhshtab et al.
"Izmerenie malykh opticheskikh poter", 1988, Energatomizdat, (Leningrad), pp. 135-136.

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