Title :
Nonlinear pulse distortion in few-mode fiber
Author :
Mac Suibhne, N. ; Watts, Regan ; Sygletos, S. ; Garcia Gunning, F.C. ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, Tyndall Nat. Inst., Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
Nonlinear pulse propagation in a few mode fiber is experimentally investigated, by measuring temporal and phase responses of the output pulses by use of a frequency discriminator technique, showing that self-phase modulation, dispersion and linear mode-coupling are the dominant effects.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; self-phase modulation; few-mode fiber; frequency discriminator technique; linear mode-coupling; nonlinear pulse distortion; nonlinear pulse propagation; phase response; self-phase modulation; temporal response; Couplings; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
