A comparison of wavelength dependent polarization dependent loss measurements in fiber gratings

Abstract

We have measured wavelength dependent Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) in chirped fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation, grating filters for wavelength add/drop multiplexing and long period gratings for EDFA gain flattening. The PDL is measured in devices used in reflection and in transmission by applying the Jones matrix method, the Mueller matrix method and the polarization scanning method. A comparison of the experimental results and an analysis of the sources of errors are presented.