Title :
Measurement of broadening of pulses in glass fibres
Author :
Bouillie, Remy ; Andrews, James R.
Author_Institution :
Centre National d´Ã\x89tudes des Télécommunications, Lannion, France
Abstract :
In the letter is reported the measurement of broadening of pulses in glass fibres using a GaAs injection laser diode as an emitter and a germanium photodiode as a detector. We found broadening of about 5 ps/m for a multimode fibre and 0.6 ps/m for a self-focusing glass fibre.
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser beams; optical waveguides; broadening; glass fibres; measurement; multimode; pulses; self focusing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720228
