FIBRE OPTIC COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM TEST PROCEDURES - PART 4-4: CABLE PLANTS AND LINKS - POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION MEASUREMENT FOR INSTALLED LINKS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
4 Background on PMD properties
5 Measurement methods
6 Measurement configurations
7 Measurement considerations
8 Apparatus
9 Sampling and specimens
10 Procedure
11 Calculation or interpretation of results
12 Documentation
13 Specification information
Annex A (normative) - Fixed analyzer method
Annex B (normative) - Stokes parameter evaluation
method
Annex C (normative) - Interferometric method
Annex D (informative) - Stokes - parameter evaluation
method using back-reflected light
Annex E (informative) - Modulation phase-shift method
Annex F (informative) - Polarization phase shift method
Annex G (normative) - Wavelength scanning OTDR and
SOP analysis (WSOSA) PMD test method
Annex H (informative) - PMD determination by Method C
Bibliography
Gives uniform methods of measuring polarization mode dispersion (PMD) of single-mode installed links.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 86 |
