Low-coherence reflectometer

摘要

A photocoupler 3 splits the light from a low-coherence light source 1 into measuring light DL and local oscillator light KL. A photocoupler 5 receives measuring light DL and is input to an optical circuit 7 to be measured. The photocoupler 5 splits the reflected light RL. A polarization controller 9 controls the state of polarization of the reflected light RL as split by the photocoupler 5. A photocoupler 13 allows local oscillator light KL to be incident on a reflector mirror 16 and splits local oscillator light KL. A photocoupler 11 combines the reflected light RL as controlled in the state of polarization by the polarization controller 9, with the local oscillator light KL.