Differential group refractive index dispersion of glasses of optical fibres measured by a white-light spectral interferometric technique

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1547-1552

  Hlubina, Petr ^a   Chlebus, Radek ^a   Ciprian, Dalibor ^a  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Group refractive index; Low resolution spectrometer; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Pure silica glass; SK222 glass; Spectral interferometry; White light source

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LIGHT SOURCES; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GROUP REFRACTIVE INDEX; LOW-RESOLUTION SPECTROMETER; PURE SILICA GLASS; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; WHITE-LIGHT SOURCE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

FUSED SILICA; LIGHT SOURCES; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34247156270     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/5/046     Document Type: Article

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