Effects of dispersion on nonlinearity measurement of optical fibers

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-285

  Lamminpää, Antti ^a   Niemi, Tapio ^a   Ikonen, Erkki ^a   Marttila, Pekka ^b   Ludvigsen, Hanne ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Optical Fibres   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fiber; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear refractive index; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; SELF-PHASE MODULATION; WAVELENGTH DIFFERENCE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 18844449246     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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