DocumentCode
915712
Title
Measurement of Kerr nonlinearity coefficient of fibres using nonlinear polarisation rotation
Author
Wang, Z. ; Xie, C. ; Ren, X.
Author_Institution
Key Lab. of Opt. Commun. & Lightwave Technol., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing
Volume
45
Issue
11
fYear
2009
Firstpage
539
Lastpage
540
Abstract
A simple and accurate method to measure the Kerr nonlinearity coefficient of optical fibres is proposed and demonstrated. The method is based on the nonlinear polarisation rotations caused by cross-phase modulation between two lightwaves of different wavelengths co-propagating in fibres. The Kerr nonlinearity coefficients of standard singlemode fibre and TrueWavetrade reduced slope fibre measured with this method are in good agreement with the published data.
Keywords
optical Kerr effect; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; optical rotation; phase modulation; Kerr nonlinearity coefficient; TrueWave; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear polarisation rotation; optical fibre; singlemode fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2009.1053
Filename
4976867
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