Title :
Measuring the nonlinear coefficient of a fiber span using optical and RF clock tone monitoring
Author :
Nezam, S. M R Motaghian ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Gholizadeh, R. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a technique for measuring the nonlinear-coefficient of a fiber spool/span using the optical and RF clock tones. We measure the variation in these tones induced by SPM and relate them to the nonlinear-coefficient.
Keywords :
monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; self-phase modulation; RF clock tone monitoring; SPM; fiber span nonlinear coefficient measurement; optical clock tone monitoring; self-phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
