Measurement of local zero-dispersion wavelength at the input-side of dispersion managed optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1565-1572

  Tomizawa, Masahito ^a,b  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber measurement

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); MODULATION INSTABILITY (MI);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031212482     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.618391     Document Type: Article

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