• 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