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TA TA-455-77 1991-OCT-01 FOTP-77 Procedures to Qualfy a Hgher-Order Mode Flter for Measurements on Sngle-Mode Fber
TA TA-455-77 1991-OCT-01 FOTP-77 Procedures to Qualfy a Hgher-Order Mode Flter for Measurements on Sngle-Mode Fber
This document describes a method for the qualification of a higher-order mode filter to be used for making measurements on a single-mode fiber. This type of mode filter is required when effectively single-moded operation of short lengths of single-mode fiber is needed at wavelengths near cutoff wavelength of the first higher-order mode (as measured by FOTP-80). It is not meant to be used in the 800 nm region. Effectively single-moded operation is necessary: a. when making cutback measurements of spectral attenuation (per FOTP-78), b. when making mode field diameter measurements (per FOTP-164, 167, or 174), c. whenever short lengths of fiber are used. This test procedure uses a method similar to that of FOTP-80, Method B, to ensure that the fiber is effectively single-moded at the wavelengths of interest.Customers who purchased TIA TIA-455-77