TY - GEN
T1 - C-band optical fibers chromatic dispersion measurement at CENAM
AU - Ruíz, Z. E.
AU - Ayala, B. E.
AU - Rosas, E.
AU - Torres-Gómez, I.
AU - García, C. H.Matamoros
AU - Huerta-Ruelas, Jorge A.
AU - Arzate, N.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Here we report on the first CENAM realization of the phase-shift method for chromatic dispersion measurements in mono-mode dispersion-shifted optical fibers used for the telecommunications C-band (1 530 nm to 1 565 nm). This chromatic dispersion measurement and calibration capability development at CENAM will provide the Mexican telecommunications industry with a formally established SI unit's traceability source, thus enhancing this rapidly growing and high impact economic sector competitiveness in Mexico. We also identified a 40 MHz modulation frequency, a 2.5 nm wavelength step and the 1 535 nm to 1 570 nm wavelength scanning range, as the optimum experimental parameters that have to be set in order to obtain experimental data which numerical Sellmeier polynomials fittings produce representative determinations for the group delay and the chromatic dispersion. We also obtained 1 549.388 nm ± 0.098 nm, for coverage factor k=1, for the zero dispersion wavelength, and 0.719 7 ps·nm-2 ± 0.005 5 ps nm-2, (k=1), for the zero dispersion slope of the tested optical fiber.
AB - Here we report on the first CENAM realization of the phase-shift method for chromatic dispersion measurements in mono-mode dispersion-shifted optical fibers used for the telecommunications C-band (1 530 nm to 1 565 nm). This chromatic dispersion measurement and calibration capability development at CENAM will provide the Mexican telecommunications industry with a formally established SI unit's traceability source, thus enhancing this rapidly growing and high impact economic sector competitiveness in Mexico. We also identified a 40 MHz modulation frequency, a 2.5 nm wavelength step and the 1 535 nm to 1 570 nm wavelength scanning range, as the optimum experimental parameters that have to be set in order to obtain experimental data which numerical Sellmeier polynomials fittings produce representative determinations for the group delay and the chromatic dispersion. We also obtained 1 549.388 nm ± 0.098 nm, for coverage factor k=1, for the zero dispersion wavelength, and 0.719 7 ps·nm-2 ± 0.005 5 ps nm-2, (k=1), for the zero dispersion slope of the tested optical fiber.
KW - C-band telecommunications window
KW - Chromatic dispersion
KW - Fiber optics calibration services
KW - Group velocity delay
KW - Mono-mode fiber optics metrology
KW - Primary Metrology
KW - Zero dispersion wavelength
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U2 - 10.1117/12.910299
DO - 10.1117/12.910299
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:82955225231
SN - 9780819489340
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Eighth Symposium Optics in Industry
T2 - 8th Symposium Optics in Industry
Y2 - 9 September 2011 through 10 September 2011
ER -