Title :
Effect of chromatic dispersion on pulses of arbitrary coherence
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
Chromatic signal distortion in fibre waveguides depends on the coherence of the optical carrier. The theory derived here covers carriers of arbitrary coherence and arbitrary dispersion characteristics. It gives simple estimates for the available signal bandwidth.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; arbitrary coherence; chromatic dispersion; chromatic signal distortion; fibre waveguides; optical carrier; pulses; signal bandwidth;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790487
