DocumentCode
421100
Title
A novel tunable erbium-doped fiber ring laser for measuring polarization mode dispersion of optical fibers
Author
Lu, Z.G. ; Sun, F.G. ; Xiao, G.Z. ; Grover, C.P.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Nat. Measurement Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
23-27 Feb. 2004
Firstpage
56
Abstract
We describe the design and development of a novel tunable fiber laser and its application to polarization-mode dispersion measurements of optical fibers using broad-band orthogonal-pump four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier.
Keywords
erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; ring lasers; broad-band orthogonal-pump; erbium-doped laser; four-wave mixing; optical fibers; polarization mode dispersion; semiconductor optical amplifier; tunable fiber laser; tunable ring laser;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1359183
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