Abstract: In the primary invention of this application, an optical-fiber inspection device which detects the distance to a reflection point within the DUT and the amount of reflected light by dividing into two a laser beam which is possible to be frequency-swept, making one of the divided light beams incident to an optical detector via the reference light path, while making the other of the divided light beams incident to the DUT and making the light reflected within the DUT incident to the said optical detector, and analyzing the frequency of the interference signal for the two beams obtained by the optical detector, is configured so that the final reference light is obtained by providing an optical coupler in the reference light path and, after taking out a part of the reference light and making it pass through an optical frequency shifter, combining this again with the original reference light with the said optical coupler.

Abstract: A first invention of the present application is an optical spectrum analyzer comprising a spectrometer apparatus an arithmetic unit for calculating the center wavelength from output signals from photo detector devices of a device array included in the spectrometer apparatus and from the light power distribution at an incident port by interpolation and for calculating the total power, and a display unit for displaying values of the center wavelength and total power. The dispersing device directs light introduced from the incident port at the dispersing device. Light going out of the dispersing device is focused onto the device array. In this structure, the outputs (theoretical values) from the photo detector devices are calculated. Where the n-th device of the device array producing a maximum output deviates from the center of the outgoing beam impinging on the device array by an amount of .DELTA.x, the relation between the deviation .DELTA.x and the associated photo detector device is found in advance.

Abstract: In the primary invention of this application, an optical-fiber inspection device which detects the distance to a reflection point within the DUT and the amount of reflected light by dividing into two a laser beam which is possible to be frequency-swept, making one of the divided light beams incident to an optical detector via the reference light path, while making the other of the divided light beams incident to the DUT and making the light reflected within the DUT incident to the said optical detector, and analyzing the frequency of the interference signal for the two beams obtained by the optical detector, is configured so that the final reference light is obtained by providing an optical coupler in the reference light path and, after taking out a part of the reference light and making it pass through an optical frequency shifter, combining this again with the original reference light with the said optical coupler.