Versatile chromatic dispersion measurement of a single mode fiber using spectral white light interferometry

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 11608-11615

  Lee, J Y ^a   Kim, D Y ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 34247130434     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.011608     Document Type: Article

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