Dispersion and non linear coefficient measurements in optical fibers using soliton effect compression

Thanh Nam Nguyen (1) , Thierry Chartier (1) , Monique Thual (1) , Philippe Rochard (1) , L. Provino (2) , Achille Monteville (2) , Nicholas Traynor (2) , V. Gaillard , C. Lupi , Dominique Leduc (3)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales
3 LPIO - Laboratoire de Physique des Isolant et d'Optronique

We present a novel and simple method to measure both the value of the second-order dispersion coefficient and the nonlinear coefficient in optical fibres. This method is based on the higher-order soliton-effect pulse compression phenomenon.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Thanh Nam Nguyen, Thierry Chartier, Monique Thual, Philippe Rochard, L. Provino, et al.. Dispersion and non linear coefficient measurements in optical fibers using soliton effect compression. 12th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / 16th international conference on Integrated Optics and Optical fiber Communication (OECC/IOOC 2007), Jul 2007, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan. pp.13C5-3. ⟨hal-00264780⟩