Title :
Measurement of fibre-optic chromatic dispersion from RIN spectra of a tunable fibre laser
Author :
Humphrey, P.D. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
fDate :
3/18/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The chromatic dispersion of optical fibre is determined from the wavelength dependence of the mode spacing of the fibre laser with and without the intracavity test fibre. This approach is particularly useful for characterising the dispersion of modelocked fibre lasers, where control of the total laser dispersion is required.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; noise; optical dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical variables measurement; RIN spectra; fibre-optic chromatic dispersion; intracavity test fibre; mode spacing; modelocked fibre lasers; relative intensity noise; tunable fibre laser; wavelength dependence;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930344
