• DocumentCode
    328584
  • Title

    Measurement of nonlinear refractive index n/sub 2/ of dispersion compensating fibres

  • Author

    Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Boskovic, A. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Lycom A/S, Brondby, Denmark
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    19-19 Sept. 1996
  • Firstpage
    249
  • Abstract
    A set-up capable of measuring n/sub 2//A/sub eff/ in dispersion compensating fibres (DCF) is demonstrated. We verify that dispersion does not influence the measurements. n/sub 2//A/sub eff/ and A/sub eff/ are measured for various DCFs and n/sub 2/ calculated for each fibre.
  • Keywords
    compensation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; refractive index measurement; dispersion compensating fibres; nonlinear refractive index; optical fiber measurements; refractive index measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Oslo, Norway
  • Print_ISBN
    82-423-0418-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    715737