Dispersion measurement in optical fibers using supercontinuum pulses

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 820-824

  Hult, Johan ^a   Watt, Rosalynne S ^a   Kaminski, Clemens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber measurements; Supercontinuum radiation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL-FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL-FIBER MEASUREMENTS; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBER; SUPERCONTINUUM RADIATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34247155398     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.890422     Document Type: Article

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