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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810454
