Polarization-mode dispersion measurements in high-birefringence fibers by means of stimulated Raman scattering.
A convenient technique for polarization-mode dispersion measurements in short lengths of high-birefringence fibers is reported. The technique is based on spectral interferometry with a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser, which is frequency shifted and broadened by self-stimulated Raman scattering in an optical fiber. The different Raman Stokes beams permit accurate measurements over a 40-nm wavelength range in the visible spectrum.
Millot
Guy
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Laboratoire de Physique, Université de Bourgogne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Dijon, France. millot@jupiter.u-bourgogne.fr
Dudley
John M
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