Ultra-rapid dispersion measurement in optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22871-22878

  Wieser, Wolfgang ^a   Biedermann, Benjamin R ^a   Klein, Thomas ^a   Eigenwillig, Christoph M ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FOURIER SERIES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ACOUSTIC VIBRATION; CONTINUOUS WAVELENGTH TUNING; DISPERSION MEASUREMENTS; FOURIER DOMAINS; PHASE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME MONITORING; REPETITION RATE; THERMAL DRIFTS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 72049116345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022871     Document Type: Article

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