DIRECT CONTINUOUS-WAVE MEASUREMENT OF N(2) IN VARIOUS TYPES OF TELECOMMUNICATION FIBER AT 1.55 MU-M

Authors
BOSKOVIC A CHERNIKOV SV TAYLOR JR GRUNERNIELSEN L LEVRING OA
Citation
A. Boskovic et al., DIRECT CONTINUOUS-WAVE MEASUREMENT OF N(2) IN VARIOUS TYPES OF TELECOMMUNICATION FIBER AT 1.55 MU-M, Optics letters, 21(24), 1996, pp. 1966-1968
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
24
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1966 - 1968
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:24<1966:DCMONI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A method for measuring the nonlinear refractive index of optical fiber s with an error of less than 5% is demonstrated. The technique is base d on measuring the nonlinear phase shift experienced by a dual-frequen cy beat signal, permitting a simple, highly sensitive, accurate, repea table, and easily automated measurement procedure and sampling. Measur ements of the nonlinear coefficient in standard telecommunication, dis persion-shifted, and a number of dispersion-compensated fibers are pre sented. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America