BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 61300-3-32: 2006 Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components Basic test and measurement procedures Part 3-32: Examinations and measurements Polarization mode dispersion measurement for passive optical components The European Standard EN61300-3-32:2006has the status of a British Standard ICS 33.180.20 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSEN61300-3-32:2006 National foreword This British Standard was published by BSI. It is the UK implementation of EN 61300-3-32:2006.It is identical with IEC 61300-3-32:2006. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee GEL/86, Fibre optics, to Subcommittee GEL/86/2, Fibre optic interconnecting devices andpassive components. A list of organizations represented on GEL/86/2 can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legalobligations. This British Standard was Amendmentsissuedsincepublication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Amd. No. Date Comments Strategy Committee on 31 October 2006 BSI 2006 ISBN0580494802 EUROPEANSTANDARD EN 61300-3-32 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM September2006 ICS 33.180.20 English version Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures Part 3-32: Examinations and measurements - Polarizationmodedispersionmeasurement for passive optical components (IEC61300-3-32:2006) Dispositifsd'interconnexionet Lichtwellenleiter- composantspassifsafibresoptiques- Verbindungselemente Methodesfondamentales d'essais und passive Bauteile- et de mesures Grundlegende Pruf-und Messverfahren Partie 3-32:Examens et mesures- Teil 3-32: Untersuchungen Mesurede ladispersiondemode und Messungen- depolarisationpour composants Messung der optiques passifs Polarisationsmodendispersion (CEI61300-3-32:2006) furpassiveoptischeBauteile (IEC61300-3-32:2006) with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CentralSecretariat: ruedeStassart 35, B-1050Brussels ?2006CENELEC- All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref.No.EN 61300-3-32:2006 E EN 61300-3-32:2006 - 2 - Foreword The text of document 86B/2325/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61300-3-32, prepared by SC 86B, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components, of IEc TC 86, Fibre optics, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61300-3-32 on 2006-09-01. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-06-01 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the ENhave to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-09-01 AnnexZAhasbeenaddedbyCENELEC. Endorsement notice