Experimental Testing of Passive Optical Device Characteristics
This document gives an overview of the main specifications of interest for two types of passive components: filters and broadband com-ponents. Three common characterization methods will be discussed using either a broadband source or a tunable laser source (TLS). Conventional grating-based OSAs, however, have slow and moderate spectral resolution mechanisms that are incompatible with the requirements of modern sensing and bioengineering applications. Fast controllable optical passive devices containing intricate couplings of multiple physical fields, for instance, magneto-, electro-, and acousto-optic interactions, are frequently used as critical regulation tools in diverse optical systems. Optical Components and Measurement Needs In DWDM transmission systems deployed in the early 1990s, two to eight wavelengths traveled along the fiber spaced about 400 GHz apart.
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