Title :
Simple method for measuring material dispersion in optical fibres
Author :
Tanifuji, Tadatoshi ; Ikeda, Masahiro
Author_Institution :
NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A simple and accurate method, using a sinusoidally modulated l.e.d., is proposed to measure material dispersion of optical fibres. By this method, material dispersion was measured using a step and a graded index fibre. The results were in good agreement with those of other methods.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical variables measurement; material dispersion measurement; optical fibres; sinusoidally modulated LED;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19780248
