Nonlinear constant measurement for single mode optical fibers using sinusoidally modulated signal SPM (SM-SPM) method

IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Miyagi, Kazuya ^a   Namihira, Yoshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; Effective area (Aeff); Nonlinear constant; Optical fiber; Self phase modulation(SPM)

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EFFECTIVE AREA; EFFECTIVE AREA (AEFF); FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH; LINE SYMMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MODULATED SIGNAL; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL POWER; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; SPM METHOD;

SELF PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 72549112823     PISSN: 03854221     EISSN: 13488155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.129.1555     Document Type: Article

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