This paper investigates the criteria for performing accurate spectral attenuation measurements using the cutback technique. It is clear that careful fibre handling, together with the correct choice of both fibre launch optics and cleaver are essential if a cutback precision of less than ±0.01 dB is to be achieved.

Date Published: 1 February 1991
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 1366, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments IV, (1 February 1991); doi: 10.1117/12.24705

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1366:
Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments IV
Roger A. Greenwell; Dilip K. Paul, Editor(s)