DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE PARAMETERS OF PHASE ELEMENTS AND OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION AND A METHOD OF MEASURING THE PARAMETERS OF PHASE ELEMENTS AND OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION

A device for measuring the parameters of phase elements and dispersion of optical fibers, characterized in that it contains: at least one light source, serially connected to at least one fiber optic coupler, one of whose arms constitutes a part of the reference arm, and whose second arm constitutes...

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Hauptverfasser: MURAWSKI, Michał, JÓŹWIK, Michalina, SZOSTKIEWICZ, Łukasz, STAŃCZYK, Tomasz, HOŁDYŃSKI, Zbigniew, NASIŁOWSKI, Tomasz, STĘPIEŃ, Karol, NAPIERAŁA, Marek, LIPIŃSKI, Stanisław, ZIOŁOWICZ, Anna
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:A device for measuring the parameters of phase elements and dispersion of optical fibers, characterized in that it contains: at least one light source, serially connected to at least one fiber optic coupler, one of whose arms constitutes a part of the reference arm, and whose second arm constitutes a part of the measurement arm of the device, and at least one motorized linear stage is mounted on at least one arm of the device, and at least one of the arms of the device is connected, either directly, or through an additional fiber optic coupler, to at least one detector, and at least one collimator is placed in at least of the arms of the device, at least before the phase element. A method of measuring the parameters of the phase element and the dispersion of optical fibers, applying the device according the invention, is conducted in at least two stages, wherein the first stage assumes the calibration of the device according to the invention, and the second stage is the proper measurement, characterized in that during calibration of the device according to the invention, light from the low-coherence light source (1.1) is directed to the fiber optic coupler (2.1), where it is separated into two arms: measuring and reference, and then the motorized linear stage(6) moves, recording information on its position until zero difference of optical paths between particular fiber optic coupler arms is obtained. Interference occurs in the fiber optic coupler(2.2), after passing through collimators (3.2) and (4.2), and interferogram is collected in time delay, which translates into motorized linear stage movement. Inteferogram is collected by a photodetector, in particular by a photodiode, and after the device is calibrated, the system proceeds to proper measurement, in which a phase element, particularly a lens intended for measurement, is inserted in the measurement arm of the device according to the invention, between the collimators (3.1) and (3.2), after which, sliding the motorized linear stage, the position producing zero optical path difference is determined, and the thickness of the phase element is determined on the basis of the differential position of the equivalent optical path in the calibration measurement and the proper measurement with the phase element, and basing on the knowledge of the refractive index of the glass the lens was made of. L'invention concerne un dispositif permettant de mesurer les paramètres d'éléments de phase et d'une dispersion de