Benefits
The benefit of this technique is that it allows measurement of the fiber characteristics without introducing errors due to variation in the launch conditions. For example, the coupling efficiency of the light source is kept consistent between the initial and the cutback measurements.
Several characteristics may be determined using the same test fiber.
Read more about this topic: Cutback Technique
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