Zero-dispersion wavelength uniformity and four-wave mixing in optical fiber

Author

Schlager, J.B. ; Mechels, S.E. ; Franzen, D.L.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

166

Abstract

The efficiency of four-wave mixing (FWM) in optical fiber is maximum with optimal phase matching at the zero-dispersion wavelength, but this wavelength can vary along the fiber´s length. In this paper, we describe measurements of partially degenerate four-wave mixing efficiency in a 10 km fiber with varying /spl Lambda//sub o/. In partially degenerate four-wave mixing the pump provides two of the four optical waves at the same optical frequency. The other two waves are the probe and the generated antiStokes light.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; optimisation; 10 km; fiber length; four-wave mixing; generated antiStokes light; optical fiber testing; optical fibre testing; optical frequency; optical waves; optimal phase matching; partially degenerate four-wave mixing efficiency; probe light; zero-dispersion wavelength; zero-dispersion wavelength uniformity; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Probes; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.565177

Filename

565177