USING MODULATION INSTABILITY TO DETERMINE KERR COEFFICIENT IN OPTICALFIBERS

Authors
ARTIGLIA M CIARAMELLA E SORDO B
Citation
M. Artiglia et al., USING MODULATION INSTABILITY TO DETERMINE KERR COEFFICIENT IN OPTICALFIBERS, Electronics Letters, 31(12), 1995, pp. 1012-1013
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1012 - 1013
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:12<1012:UMITDK>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The power and polarisation dependence of modulation instability were e xperimentally investigated and used to obtain a novel, simple and accu rate method for the measurement of Kerr coefficient in optical fibres. New results on dispersion shifted fibres are reported, giving n(2) = 2.64 x 10(-20) m(2)/W at 1553nm (linear polarisation).