Study of spatial-temporal characteristics of optical fiber based on ultra-short pulse interferometry

Author

Rokitski, R. ; Sun, P.-C. ; Fainman, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

We reconstruct modal intensity distribution for several spatial modes of optical fiber using autocorrelation of ultrashort pulses in Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The modes of optical fiber are separated in time due to group velocity dispersion, and detected experimentally by observing the interference of modal field distribution with time gating reference field.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; optical correlation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; autocorrelation; group velocity dispersion; modal field distribution; modal intensity distribution; optical fiber; spatial modes; spatial-temporal characteristics; time gating reference field; ultra-short pulse interferometry; ultrashort pulses; Interference; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Time measurement; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

928471