Chromatic and polarization dispersion measurements of single-mode fibers with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

J. Vobian; W. Dultz

doi:10.1117/12.961292

3 April 1989 Chromatic and polarization dispersion measurements of single-mode fibers with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

J. Vobian, W. Dultz

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Proceedings Volume 1121, Interferometry '89; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961292
Event: Interferometry '89, 1989, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Chromatic dispersion is one of the relevant parameters which describes optical transmission systems by defining their bandwidth. It can be measured by determining the spectral group delay tG(λ) or τG - the group delay normalized with respect to the fiber length L. The measuring results are presented in an analytic form by a polynominal, the coefficients of which will be calculated by the method of the least square fit. The chromatic dispersion is the differential quotient dγG(λ)/dX. The group delay is not measured as an absolute value.

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J. Vobian and W. Dultz "Chromatic and polarization dispersion measurements of single-mode fibers with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer", Proc. SPIE 1121, Interferometry '89, (3 April 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961292

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