Ultra-rapid dispersion measurement in optical fibers.
We present a novel method to measure the chromatic dispersion of fibers with lengths of several kilometers. The technique is based on a rapidly swept Fourier domain mode locked laser driven at 50kHz repetition rate. Amplitude modulation with 400MHz and phase analysis yield the dispersion values over a 130nm continuous wavelength tuning range covering C and L band. The high acquisition speed of 10micros for individual wavelength-resolved traces Deltat(lambda) can reduce effects caused by thermal drift and acoustic vibrations. It enables real-time monitoring with update rates >100Hz even when averaging several hundred acquisitions for improved accuracy.
Wieser
Wolfgang
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Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 Munich, Germany.
Biedermann
Benjamin R
BR
Klein
Thomas
T
Eigenwillig
Christoph M
CM
Huber
Robert
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D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods