• DocumentCode
    421702
  • Title

    Measuring the nonlinear coefficient of a fiber span using optical and RF clock tone monitoring

  • Author

    Nezam, S. M R Motaghian ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Gholizadeh, R. ; Willner, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a technique for measuring the nonlinear-coefficient of a fiber spool/span using the optical and RF clock tones. We measure the variation in these tones induced by SPM and relate them to the nonlinear-coefficient.
  • Keywords
    monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; self-phase modulation; RF clock tone monitoring; SPM; fiber span nonlinear coefficient measurement; optical clock tone monitoring; self-phase modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360911