NONLINEAR-INDEX-OF-REFRACTION MEASUREMENT IN A RESONANT REGION BY THEUSE OF A FIBER MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER

Authors
KANG KI CHANG TG GLESK I PRUCNAL PR
Citation
Ki. Kang et al., NONLINEAR-INDEX-OF-REFRACTION MEASUREMENT IN A RESONANT REGION BY THEUSE OF A FIBER MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER, Applied optics, 35(9), 1996, pp. 1485-1488
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1485 - 1488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:9<1485:NMIARR>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The nonlinear index of refraction in a resonant region has been determ ined by the use of a fiber-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer to measur e the temporal fringe shift between two signals. The measurement techn ique is direct and does not require additional amplitude information f or the extraction of the nonlinear index of refraction. This technique has been used to measure the temporal response of an InGaAsP semicond uctor optical amplifier at 1.313 mu m. (C) 1996 Optical Society of Ame rica