Optical Fibre Effective Area Measurements

Developments in Optics and Communications 2011: Book of Abstracts 2011
Andis Supe, Jurģis Poriņš

The real optical fiber refractive index profile is dependent on the fiber type and the manu-facturing process and therefore not always can be accurately determined. The effective area parameter Aeff has been defined for the purposes of calculating nonlinear effects. It is a single value, based on the modal field distribution, and can be used to calculate a value of optical intensity that is the main cause for nonlinearities in optical fibres.

Keywords
Fiber optics, measurements, effective area

Supe, A., Poriņš, J. Optical Fibre Effective Area Measurements. In: Developments in Optics and Communications 2011: Book of Abstracts, Latvia, Rīga, 28-30 April, 2011. Riga: Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 2011, pp.38-39. ISBN 9789984492855.

Publication language
English (en)