Single-wavelength dispersion measurement for multiple-fiber section connected with narrow-band optical amplifiers

Author

Yamabayashi, Yoshiaki ; Tomizawa, Masahito ; Sato, Yoshiaki

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

45

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

218

Lastpage

224

Abstract

This paper deals with the chromatic dispersion measurement of multiple-fiber sections concatenated with narrow-band linear amplifier repeater(s). This scheme sinusoidally modulates the phase, not the light amplitude, at the transmitter in order to suppress undesirable nonlinear effects. At the receiver, relative amplitude of transformed intensity modulation directly indicates the dispersion value for the entire span of the multiple-fiber section. The limit of measurability is analyzed, and an experimental demonstration is presented

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; phase modulation; PM AM conversion; chromatic dispersion measurement; dispersion value; multiple-fiber section; narrow-band linear amplifier repeater; narrow-band optical amplifiers; phase modulation; single-wavelength dispersion measurement; transformed intensity modulation; transmitter; undesirable nonlinear effects; Chromatic dispersion; Intensity modulation; Narrowband; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Optical filters; Probes; Repeaters; Transmission line measurements; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.481337

Filename

481337