DocumentCode
973000
Title
Dispersion measurements in single-mode fibres using sum-frequency mixing as a picosecond optical shutter
Author
Mochizuki, K. ; Namihira, Yoshinori ; Wakabayashi, H.
Author_Institution
KDD Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Volume
17
Issue
18
fYear
1981
Firstpage
646
Lastpage
648
Abstract
We describe a novel technique of measuring dispersion in single-mode fibres using picosecond pulses generated by a temperature tuned LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator as a light source and sum-frequency mixing as a picosecond shutter. The temporal resolution is less than 30 ps.
Keywords
optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical variables measurement; dispersion measurement; light source; picosecond optical shutter; single-mode fibres; sum-frequency mixing; temperature tuned LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator; temporal resolution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19810454
Filename
4245931
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