Ultralow chromatic dispersion measurement of optical fibers with a tunable fiber laser |
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Authors: | B Auguie A Mussot A Boucon E Lantz T Sylvestre |
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Affiliation: | Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France; |
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Abstract: | We describe a novel convenient technique to allow for the accurate measurement of the dispersion coefficients till fourth-order in the zero-dispersion wavelength region of single-mode optical fibers. The proposed method is based on a careful spectral analysis of modulation instability occurring in both normal and anomalous dispersion regime and the associated dispersive waves emitted by soliton fission. It simply requires a high-power tunable continuous-wave fiber laser and an optical spectrum analyzer and is able to retrieve both the sign and magnitude of dispersion coefficients with enhanced precision. |
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