Fast Sweep Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) Measurements
Applikationsberichte
This application note discusses an easy way of reducing the time needed to perform polarization-dependent loss (PDL) measurements based on the Mueller method. The Fast Sweep PDL measurement approach introduced here leverages the existing functionality of the Photonic Foundation Library (PFL). Therefore, the implementation of the discussed approach does not require any changes in hardware from a typical PDL measurement setup based on Mueller method.
The approach being discussed combines the implemented functionality and measurement setup of a standard Mueller method PDL measurement with the Fast Sweep (or Real Time) functions of PFL. The implementation of the Fast Sweep PDL measurement is carried out in the PFL software layer.