Simple Method for Measuring the Zero-Dispersion Wavelength in Optical Fibers

Author

Droques, Maxime ; Barviau, Benoit ; Kudlinski, Alexandre ; Bouwmans, Géraud ; Mussot, Arnaud

Author_Institution

Lab. PhLAM, Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

Volume

23

Issue

10

fYear

2011

fDate

5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

611

Abstract

We propose a very simple method for measuring the zero-dispersion wavelength of an optical fiber as well as the ratio between the third- and fourth-order dispersion terms. The method is based on the four-wave mixing process when pumping the fiber in the normal dispersion region, and only requires the measurement of two spectra. We provide an experimental demonstration of the method in a photonic crystal fiber and we show that the measured zero-dispersion wavelength is in good agreement with a low-coherence interferometry measurement.

Keywords

holey fibres; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical pumping; optical variables measurement; photonic crystals; four-wave mixing; fourth-order dispersion; low-coherence interferometry; optical pumping; photonic crystal fiber; third-order dispersion; zero-dispersion wavelength measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical variables measurement; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystal fibers; Wavelength measurement; Chromatic dispersion; four-wave mixing; photonic crystal fiber; zero-dispersion wavelength;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2118196

Filename

5719154