Simultaneous Measurements of Dispersion Parameter and Fiber Length Using the Self-Seeding Laser Oscillation of a Fabry–PÉrot Laser Diode

Author

Yoon, Ki-Hong ; Song, Jae-Won ; Kim, Hyun Deok

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon

Volume

19

Issue

14

fYear

2007

fDate

7/15/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1036

Lastpage

1038

Abstract

A simultaneous measurement technique of the dispersion parameter and the length of an optical fiber has been demonstrated by using the self-seeding laser oscillation of a Fabry-Perot laser diode. We measured the dispersion parameter and the length of an optical fiber from the modulation frequency changes required to induce single-mode laser oscillations through an optical closed-loop path. The dispersion and fiber length measurements were within 1.5% and 0.2%, respectively, of the values measured by commercial instruments.

Keywords

measurement by laser beam; optical fibre dispersion; optical variables measurement; semiconductor lasers; Fabry-Perot laser diode; dispersion parameter measurements; modulation frequency; optical closed-loop; optical fiber length measurements; self-seeding laser oscillation; single-mode laser oscillations; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Laser transitions; Length measurement; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Laser oscillation; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber measurements; semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.899469

Filename

4252147