Quality review method for optical components using a fast system performance characterization

摘要

A method for screening the quality of an optical component including the step of simulating the performance of the optical component. The step of simulating includes the step of measuring the optical phase phi of the optical component, wherein the step of measuring comprises indirectly measuring the optical phase phi of the optical component using a scanning laser having a scanning step size Deltaomega and a modulation frequency omegam such that Deltaomega/omegam<=2. The light throughput R of the optical component is then measured. A transfer function H as a function of optical frequency omega is constructed where H(omega)=R(omega)exp[jphi(omega)], and the performance is simulated using the measured value of the optical phase and the light throughput into the transfer function.