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A111DE S77A7S TANDARDS & N BS ^SbSmWI* TECH R.I.C. publications ECIAL PUBLICATION 720 est - x NBS-PUB U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Bureau of Standards Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 1986 Sponsored by the National Bureau of Standards in cooperation with the IEEE Optical Communications Committee and the Optical Society of America Tm he National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a basis for the nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to promote public safety. 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Ml) 20899. •'Some divisions wiihin the tenter arc located at Boulder, CO 80303. '| ocaicd at Boulder. CO, with some elements at Ciaithersburg, MD. RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTER Technical Digest—Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 1986 Digest of a Symposium sponsored by the National Bureau of Standards in cooperation with the IEEE Optical Communications Committee and the Optical Society of America September 9-10, 1986 National Bureau of Standards Boulder, Colorado 80303 Edited by G.W. Day D.L Franzen Electromagnetic Technology Division Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering National Engineering Laboratory National Bureau of Standards Boulder, Colorado 80303 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Director Issued September 1986 5 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-600563 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 720 Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 720, 158 pages (Sept. 1986) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Washington: 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 PREFACE One might expect that, as a technology matures, associated measurement problems would be solved and research in those areas would diminish. That view is supported by examination of the programs for the annual Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) and European Conference on Optical Communica- tions (ECOC) which have shown a steady decline in the percentage of papers on measurement topics over the last 10 years. It is not supported by our experience with the Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements. Rather, it appears that the need for a specialized meeting on the topic of measurements continues to grow. We believe that the strength of this Symposium is best indicated by the number and quality of contributed papers. The number of papers submitted to the committee has grown by roughly 20 percent with each succeeding Symposium. Unfortunately, the time available for presentation could be increased at only half that rate. This year, only about 50 percent of the papers received by the program chairman could be accepted. Those that were accepted are diverse in both subject and origin. In only two technical areas, chromatic dispersion and joint characterization (including mode field diameter measurements), was it possible to schedule a full session on a single topic. In origin, there are 21 organizations in 9 countries represented in the program. Over 40 per- cent of the papers are from outside the U.S. This Digest contains the text of all 34 papers presented (5 invited and 29 contributed). In addition to these formal presentations, two informal workshops were held. One, on "Components and Measurements for LAN's and Wide- band Premise Networks" was moderated by Allen Cherin of AT&T Bell Labora- tories. The other, "Measuring the Future—Strategies for Upgradabi 1 i ty" was moderated by Paul Reitz of Corning Glass Works. There is no written record of the workshops. We continue to be indebted to the IEEE Optical Communications Committee and the Optical Society of America for their assistance in organizing this Symposium. The members of this year's committee, listed on the following page, have been especially helpful in providing timely reviews of manuscripts and other suggestions on the program. G. W. Day D. L. Franzen Boulder, Colorado September 1986 i i i SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE D. L. Franzen, NBS, General Chairman G. W. Day, NBS, Program Chairman A. H. Cherin, AT&T Bell Laboratories R. L. Gallawa, NBS P. Kaiser, Bell Communications Research F. P. Kapron, ITT T. Ito, NTT D. B. Payne, BTRL P. R. Reitz, Corning 0. Szentesi, Siecor i v CONTENTS Page Preface iii Conference Committee iv Status of single-mode fiber measurements (invited) William T. Anderson; Bell Communications Research 1 Study of algorithms used to fit group delay data for single-mode optical fibers W. A. Reed, D. L. Philen; AT&T Bell Laboratories 7 Chromatic dispersion in optical fibers: Comparison of measurements with models Leslie Button, Walter F. Love, Robert M. Hawk; Corning Glass Works 11 Accuracy of phase shift technique with LEDS for measuring total dispersion in singlemode fibers L. Bosselaar, 6. Kuijt, J. F. van Luijk, P. Matthijsse Philips Glass 15 High speed and high accurate single-mode fiber dispersion measuring equipment using modified interferometric method Y. Namihira, Y. Iwamoto; KDD 19 Chromatic dispersion measurements of single mode fibres in the 1.3 ym and 1.55 ym wavelength range by the wavelength temperature tuning technique Finn Mogensen, Hans Damsgaard, Ole Hansen; NKT Elektronik 23 Measurement of dopants in optical fibers by Raman scattering Dan L. Philen; AT&T Bell Laboratories 27 Utilizing cladding mode propagation to determine the refractive index profile of an optical fiber W. H. Hatton, E. L. Buckland, M. Nishimura; Sumitomo Electric Research Triangle 31 Determination of refractive-index distribution from near-field measurements in polarization maintaining fibres G. Coppa, P. Di Vita, M.