Optical Fiber Nonlinear Coefficient Measurements Using Four-Wave Mixing

Swedish Communication Technologies Workshop: Conference Proceedings 2012
Andis Supe, Jurģis Poriņš

Optical fiber (OF) nonlinearity and the length are two the most important parameters that determine the amount of nonlinear phenomena occurrence in the optical waveguide. Therefore when considering specific telecommunications OF nonlinear characteristics it is very important to determine it`s nonlinear coefficient – γ. In this research nonlinear effect four-wave mixing (FWM) was used to determine OF γ. Measurements were performed for highly non-linear fiber (HNLF) and comparison to dispersion shifted fiber is given.

Keywords
Optical fiber measurements, nonlinear coefficient, four-wave mixing

Supe, A., Poriņš, J. Optical Fiber Nonlinear Coefficient Measurements Using Four-Wave Mixing. In: Swedish Communication Technologies Workshop: Conference Proceedings, Sweden, Lunda, 24-26 October, 2012. Lund: Lund University, 2012, pp.6-6.

Publication language
English (en)