Measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of long dispersion-shifted fibers by self-phase modulation at 1.55 μm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1006-1012

  Stolen, Roger H ^b,c,f,g,h,i   Reed, William A ^a,c,j,k,l,m   Kim, Kwang S ^c,d,m,n,o,p   Harvey, G T ^e  

^a OSA ^*

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d Tycho Submarine Systems   (United States)

^e TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

^f ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ AT and T Research Labs   (United States)

^j OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Bell Labs Mat Sci Res Laboratory

^m AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁿ Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^o NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DISPERSION SHIFTED FIBERS; SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 0032097525     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.681457     Document Type: Article

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