论文信息 - A tunable multiwavelength fiber ring laser for measuring polarization-mode dispersion in optical fibers

A tunable multiwavelength fiber ring laser for measuring polarization-mode dispersion in optical fibers

We describe and demonstrate a tunable triple-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser along with a method of measuring polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers based on a broad-band orthogonal-pump four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier. The measured PMD results for optical fibers are in good agreement with values measured by means of commercial PMD testing equipment.

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