Zero-dispersion wavelength distribution in optical fibers from CW four-wave mixing

Author

Schlager, John B.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

309

Abstract

We describe a four wave mixing (FWM) efficiency measurement technique that uses low-power cw laser sources to obtain end-to-end FWM efficiency curves for forward- and backward-propagating light and then uses these data to estimate the length distribution of λ_o with a numerical algorithm that models FWM efficiency in fiber. Unlike the technique used by Brener, only one laser source is actively tuned during the measurement scan. The second source remains fixed in wavelength

Keywords

measurement by laser beam; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; CW four-wave mixing; FWM efficiency; actively tuned; backward-propagating light; end-to-end FWM efficiency curves; four wave mixing efficiency measurement technique; length distribution; low-power cw laser sources; measurement scan; numerical algorithm; optical fibers; zero-dispersion wavelength distribution; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Four-wave mixing; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.739620

Filename

739620