Distributed measurements of chromatic dispersion and nonlinear coefficient in low-PMD dispersion-shifted fibers

Author

Vinegoni, C. ; Chen, Hongxin ; LeBlanc, M. ; Schinn, G.W. ; Wegmuller, M. ; Gisin, N.

Author_Institution

Res. Div., EXFO Electro-Opt. Eng. Inc., Vanier, Canada

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

739

Lastpage

741

Abstract

We report on the investigation of distributed chromatic dispersion (CD) and distributed nonlinear coefficient (NLC) measurements based on phase mismatched four-wave mixing in dispersion-shifted fibers (DSFs). Experimental results of the distributed CD maps for low polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) DSF fibers are discussed. We also report how nonnegligible values of PMD can adversely affect the distributed CD measurements. A new method to measure the distributed NLC map in low-PMD DSF fibers is also proposed and demonstrated experimentally.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical phase matching; chromatic dispersion; distributed chromatic dispersion maps; distributed measurements; distributed nonlinear coefficient map; low polarization-mode dispersion DSF fibers; low-PMD dispersion-shifted fibers; nonlinear coefficient; phase mismatched four-wave mixing; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Physics; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.810249

Filename

1196154