Title :
Fiber Dispersion Measurement With a Swept-Wavelength Pulse Light Source
Author :
Jyu, Siao-Shan ; Liu, Shiou-Fong ; Hsiang, Wei-Wei ; Lai, Yinchieh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
fDate :
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new fiber dispersion measurement method by utilizing a periodically swept-wavelength pulse light source is proposed and demonstrated. The periodic pulse timing variation of the pulse train induced by wavelength sweeping can be directly detected by a radio-frequency spectrum analyzer. Experiments by using an asynchronous mode-locked fiber soliton laser as the swept-wavelength pulse source have been successfully carried out to demonstrate the feasibility.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser modes; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical solitons; asynchronous mode-locked fiber soliton laser; fiber dispersion measurement; periodic pulse timing variation; pulse train; radio-frequency spectrum analyzer; swept-wavelength pulse source; wavelength sweeping; Chromatic dispersion; group velocity dispersion; mode-locked fiber laser; swept-wavelength light source;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2010.2043248
