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Published on: November 30, 2012
Group velocity dispersion measurement method using sinusoidally phase-modulated continuous wave light based on cyclic
Takashi Yamamoto1, Takayoshi Mori, Taiji Sakamoto
1NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 1-7-1 Hanabatake, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0805 Japan. yamamoto.takashi@ansl.ntt.co.jp
Abstract:
We show that any optical pulse train recovers its original waveform after passing through a group velocity dispersion (GVD) device when the total GVD value of the device is equal to an integral multiple of 1/(2πf(rep)(2)), where f(rep) is the repetition rate of the optical pulse train. In addition, we detail our proposed GVD measurement method, or optical phase-modulation (PM) method, which utilizes a sinusoidally PM continuous wave (CW) light as a probe light. The total GVD B(2) of a device under test (DUT) is derived by using a very simple equation, |B(2)|=1/(2πf(null)(2)), where f(null) is the smallest modulation frequency at which the sinusoidally PM light becomes CW light again after passing through the DUT.
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