Optical-domain implementation of the microwave Txy family of calibration techniques

The thru-x-y (Txy) family of calibration techniques has been applied to the measurement of the microwave-modulation response of optical components usi ng the most generalized form of available algorithms. An automated bilatera l optical test set has been developed for the purpose. A wide variety of re sults demonstrating the good performance of the techniques applied to optic al components are presented. The measured results are compared to find the most suitable calibration technique in terms of accuracy. This work represe nts the first comprehensive comparison of all the Txy family of calibration techniques in the optical domain.