Measuring Polarization Dependent Loss; Pdl Measurement Setup; Setup For Pdl Measurements - Agilent Technologies HP E5574A User Manual

2.1
Figure 2-1
The same setup can be
used to measure the
Insertion Loss.
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Taking Polarization Dependent Measurements

Measuring Polarization Dependent Loss

Measuring Polarization Dependent Loss
This section covers the use of the applications "Pol. Depend. Loss"
and "PDL / Insert. Loss". You can measure how the optical loss of
passive components is affected by different states of polarization.

PDL Measurement Setup

Signal Processing and Display
Head Input A Head Input A Head Input B Head Input B

Setup for PDL Measurements

1 Connect the optical output to the input of the device under test
(DUT).
2 Connect the optical head to the output of the DUT.
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Coupler
Internal
Source(s)
Pol. Ctrl.
3 dB
Optical Input Optical Input Optical Output Optical Output
Device
under
Test