Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• YOUNG, M
• HALE, P. D
• MECHELS, S. E

Titel

Optical fiber geometry: accurate measurement of cladding diameter

Ist Teil von

• Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1993-03, Vol.98 (2), p.203-216

Ort / Verlag

Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We have developed three instruments for accurate measurement of optieal fiber cladding diameter: a contact micrometer, a scanning confocal microscope, and a white-light interference microscope. Each instrument has an estimated uncertainty (3 standard deviations) of 50 nm or less, but the confocal microscope may display a 20 nm systematic error as well. The micrometer is used to generate Standard Reference Materials that are commercially available.