Optical Fibers
Besides their well-known properties concerning optical waveguiding, optical fibers are also used for other important applications because of long interaction lengths allowing oneto take full advantage of physical phenomena. A review is given of some effects occurring in optical fibers as passive or...
Saved in:
| Published in | Physica scripta Vol. 1989; pp. 218 - 222 |
|---|---|
| Main Author | |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
| Published |
IOP Publishing
01.01.1989
|
| Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
| Summary: | Besides their well-known properties concerning optical waveguiding, optical fibers are also used for other important applications because of long interaction lengths allowing oneto take full advantage of physical phenomena. A review is given of some effects occurring in optical fibers as passive or active media: dispersion modified fibers used in advanced high bit rate and long haul transmission systems, rare-earth doped fibers to be used as optical amplifiers to boost the regeneration span in optical systems or as lasers to generate new wavelengths, non-linear phenomena due to the third order nonlinear susceptibility with potential applications in optical amplification (Raman or Brillouin effects) and in optical processing (self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation, ultra-short pulse generation, soliton propagation, four wave mixing). 18 ref.--AA |
|---|---|
| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1402-4896 0031-8949 0281-1847 1402-4896 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0031-8949/1989/T29/041 |