Dispersion Characterization of Highly Nonlinear Fiber Over a 700-nm Band

Author

Gholami, Faezeh ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Zlatanovic, Sanja ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2012

fDate

6/15/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1021

Lastpage

1023

Abstract

We demonstrate a new method for wideband dispersion characterization of highly nonlinear fibers with very low dispersion. The new method uses a wideband supercontinuum source and a balanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer architecture. The new dispersion reconstruction algorithm allowed dispersive measurement accuracy of 0.05 ps/km-nm over a 700-nm spectral band for standard (sloped) highly nonlinear fiber.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical variables measurement; balanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer; dispersion reconstruction algorithm; dispersive measurement; sloped nonlinear fiber; spectral band; standard highly nonlinear fiber; wavelength 700 nm; wideband dispersion characterization; wideband supercontinuum source; Delay; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical interferometry; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength measurement; Wideband; Dispersion measurement; highly nonlinear fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2012.2193612

Filename

6179514