BSEN60793-1-48:2017 BSl Standards Publication Optical fibres Part 1-48: Measurement methods and test procedures -Polarizationmodedispersion bsi. BSEN60793-1-48:2017 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is theUK implementation of EN60793-1-48:2017. It is identicaltoIEC60793-1-48:2017.It supersedes BSEN 60793-1-48:2007, which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeGEL/86/1,Opticalfibresandcables. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofa contract.Users areresponsiblefor its correctapplication @TheBritishStandardsInstitution2017 Published byBSIStandards Limited2017 ISBN9780580930362 ICS33.180.10 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicyand Strategy Committeeon31December 2017. Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Textaffected BSEN60793-1-48:2017 EN 60793-1-48 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM December 2017 ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60793-1-48:2007 English Version Optical fibres - Part 1-48: Measurement methods and test procedures - Polarization mode Dispersion (IEC 60793-1-48:2017) Fibres optiques - Partie 1-48: Methodes de mesure et Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-48: Messmethoden und procedures d'essai - Dispersion de mode de polarisation Prufverfahren -Polarisationsmodendispersion (IEC 60793-1-48:2017) (IEC 60793-1-48:2017) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2017-09-27. CENELEC members are bound to comply 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre orto 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteefor Electrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels Ref. No.EN 60793-1-48:2017 E