Title :
Direct measurement of second-order dispersion in short optical fibres using white-light interferometry
Author :
Stone, Joshua ; Marcuse, D.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
Abstract :
We report the first direct measurement of the second-order dispersion coefficient ß. The measurement was done on a 1 m-long single-mode fibre with the help of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a white-light source.
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical testing; optical variables measurement; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; direct measurement; second-order dispersion; short optical fibres; single-mode fibre; white-light interferometry;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840513
