Measurement of chromatic dispersion of microstructured polymer fibers by white-light spectral interferometry

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7389, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hlubina, P ^a   Ciprian, D ^a   Frosz, M H ^b   Nielsen, K ^b  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Differential group refractive index; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Microstructured fiber; PMMA; Spectral interferometry

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL GROUP REFRACTIVE INDEX; EQUALIZATION WAVELENGTH; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GROUP REFRACTIVE INDEX; INTERFEROGRAMS; LARGE MODE AREA; MEASURED DATA; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PATH LENGTH; PATH LENGTH DIFFERENCE; PMMA; POLYMER FIBER; POWER SERIES; PURE SILICA; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRIC; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; UNBALANCED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WHITE LIGHT; WHITE-LIGHT SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 69949114557     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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