Resonances of the nonlinear refractive index of optical fibers

Author

Melloni, A. ; Martinelli, Mario ; Fellegara, A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

253

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we report the frequency behavior of the nonlinear refractive index of optical fibers for telecommunications, accurately measured through a polarization-insensitive cross-phase modulation technique. The experimental setup is shown. The sinusoidally intensity modulated pump and the probe copropagate in the fiber under test and the phase shift induced by the pump on the probe is measured by an interferometric technique.

Keywords

light interferometry; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; optical pumping; phase modulation; refractive index measurement; accurately measured; fiber under test; frequency behavior; interferometric technique; light interferometry; nonlinear refractive index; optical fibre measurements; optical fibre nonlinear refractive index resonances; phase shift; polarization-insensitive cross-phase modulation technique; pump/probe copropagation; sinusoidally intensity modulated pump; telecommunications; Frequency measurement; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Phase modulation; Probes; Refractive index; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657371

Filename

657371