Ultralow chromatic dispersion measurement of optical fibers with a tunable fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1825-1827

  Auguie B ^a,b   Mussot, A ^a,c   Boucon, A ^a   Lantz, E ^a   Sylvestre, Thibaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Dispersive waves (DWs); Four wave mixing (FWM); Modulation instability (MI); Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSIVE WAVES (DWS); MODULATION INSTABILITY (MI); TUNABLE FIBER LASER;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 33747779334     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.881148     Document Type: Article

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