Abstract:
A train of rectangular pulses is sent into a fibre (5), which pulses have such a wavelength that fibre (5) operates under anomalous dispersion conditions, such a peak power as to cause modulation instability in the fibre and such a ratio between duration and repetition period that the average power is lower than the threshold at which stimulated Brillouin effect takes place. The maximum value of instability gain is measured in the spectrum of the pulses exiting the fibre and the kerr non linearity coefficient is obtained from the maximum measured value of modulation instability gain by minimising the error, in the range of power values used for the measurement, with respect to a theoretical curve expressing such maximum gain as a function of the peak power. The device to realise the method is also provided.
Abstract:
A train of rectangular pulses is sent into a fibre (5), which pulses have such a wavelength that fibre (5) operates under anomalous dispersion conditions, such a peak power as to cause modulation instability in the fibre and such a ratio between duration and repetition period that the average power is lower than the threshold at which stimulated Brillouin effect takes place. The maximum value of instability gain is measured in the spectrum of the pulses exiting the fibre and the kerr non linearity coefficient is is obtained from the maximum measured value of modulation instability gain by minimising the error, in the range of power values used for the measurement, with respect to a theoretical curve expressing such maximum gain as a function of the peak power. The device to realise the method is also provided.
Abstract:
A train of rectangular pulses is sent into a fibre (5), which pulses have such a wavelength that fibre (5) operates under anomalous dispersion conditions, such a peak power as to cause modulation instability in the fibre and such a ratio between duration and repetition period that the average power is lower than the threshold at which stimulated Brillouin effect takes place. The maximum value of instability gain is measured in the spectrum of the pulses exiting the fibre and the kerr non linearity coefficient is obtained from the maximum measured value of modulation instability gain by minimising the error, in the range of power values used for the measurement, with respect to a theoretical curve expressing such maximum gain as a function of the peak power. The device to realise the method is also provided.
Abstract:
The modification is accomplished on the basis of the solution known as spectral inversion (or optical phase conjugation). The device (1) comprises a medium, such as typically a dispersion shifted optical fibre (4), into which the signal to be modified is injected together with a pump signal at such a level as to induce modulation instability in the fibre (4). At the output of fibre (4) a spectrally inverted optical signal is available, which signal is translated in wavelength and is obtained with high conversion efficiency. Preferably, in order to avoid stimulated Brillouin scattering, the pump signal is subjected to spectrum broadening, for instance by means of a modulator (5).
Abstract:
A train of rectangular pulses is sent into a fibre (5), which pulses have such a wavelength that fibre (5) operates under anomalous dispersion conditions, such a peak power as to cause modulation instability in the fibre and such a ratio between duration and repetition period that the average power is lower than the threshold at which stimulated Brillouin effect takes place. The maximum value of instability gain is measured in the spectrum of the pulses exiting the fibre and the kerr non linearity coefficient is obtained from the maximum measured value of modulation instability gain by minimising the error, in the range of power values used for the measurement, with respect to a theoretical curve expressing such maximum gain as a function of the peak power. The device to realise the method is also provided.
Abstract:
To measure the nonlinear refractive index of an optical fibre, each pulse emitted by a source (L) is split into a pair of pulses which are sent in opposite directions into an optical-fibre Sagnac interferometric loop (AS) which includes the fibre under test (F). One of the pulses of the pair is attenuated before passing through the fibre (F) in such a way that only the other one has such a power as to induce nonlinear effects in the fibre (F). The interference between parts of pulses is analysed at the output of the loop (AS) and the nonlinear refractive index is derived from a measurement of the phase shift between the two pulses of the pair.
Abstract:
To measure the nonlinear refractive index of an optical fibre, each pulse emitted by a source (L) is split into a pair of pulses which are sent in opposite directions into an optical-fibre Sagnac interferometric loop (AS) which includes the fibre under test (F). One of the pulses of the pair is attenuated before passing through the fibre (F) in such a way that only the other one has such a power as to induce nonlinear effects in the fibre (F). The interference between parts of pulses is analysed at the output of the loop (AS) and the nonlinear refractive index is derived from a measurement of the phase shift between the two pulses of the pair.
Abstract:
The modification is accomplished on the basis of the solution known as spectral inversion (or optical phase conjugation). The device (1) comprises a medium, such as typically a dispersion shifted optical fibre (4), into which the signal to be modified is injected together with a pump signal at such a level as to induce modulation instability in the fibre (4). At the output of fibre (4) a spectrally inverted optical signal is available, which signal is translated in wavelength and is obtained with high conversion efficiency. Preferably, in order to avoid stimulated Brillouin scattering, the pump signal is subjected to spectrum broadening, for instance by means of a modulator (5).
Abstract:
To measure the nonlinear refractive index of an optical fibre, each pulse emitted by a source (L) is split into a pair of pulses which are sent in opposite directions into an optical-fibre Sagnac interferometric loop (AS) which includes the fibre under test (F). One of the pulses of the pair is attenuated before passing through the fibre (F) in such a way that only the other one has such a power as to induce nonlinear effects in the fibre (F). The interference between parts of pulses is analysed at the output of the loop (AS) and the nonlinear refractive index is derived from a measurement of the phase shift between the two pulses of the pair.