DocumentCode
1889265
Title
Simple method to measure the third-order nonlinear coefficient of optical fibres
Author
Nguyen, Thanh Nam ; Chartier, Thierry ; Thual, Monique ; Simon, Jean-Claude ; Brilland, Laurent ; Troles, Johann ; Bui, Trung Hieu
Author_Institution
Lab. Foton, Univ. de Rennes 1, Lannion, France
fYear
2009
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report a new method to measure the third order Kerr coefficient of optical fibres. This method is based on the self-phase-modulation-induced spectral broadening of optical pulses.
Keywords
optical fibres; optical variables measurement; self-phase modulation; optical fibres; self-phase-modulation-induced spectral broadening; third order Kerr coefficient; third-order nonlinear coefficient measurement; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Vienna
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5096-1
Type
conf
Filename
5287327
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