• 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