Fiber transmission for sub-500-fs pulses using a dispersion-compensating fiber

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1455-1463

  Chang, Cheng Chun ^a,b,c,d   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Taiwan University ^*  (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensation; Dispersion measurement; Spectral interferometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBERS; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031236322     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622623     Document Type: Article

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