Simple Method to Measure the Third-Order Nonlinear Coefficient of Optical Fibres

Thanh Nam Nguyen (1) , Thierry Chartier (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Monique Thual (1) , Laurent Brilland (2) , Johann Troles (3) , Trung Hieu Bui (4)

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 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
4 PTIT - Faculty of Telecommunications

We report a new method to measure the third order Kerr coefficient of optical fibres. This method is based on the self-phase-modulation-induced spectral broadening of optical pulses.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Thanh Nam Nguyen, Thierry Chartier, Jean-Claude Simon, Monique Thual, Laurent Brilland, et al.. Simple Method to Measure the Third-Order Nonlinear Coefficient of Optical Fibres. 35th European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2009), Sep 2009, Vienna, Austria. pp.P1.17. ⟨hal-00487771⟩