European Conference on Optical Communication

Measurement of nonlinear phase shifts of a photonic crystal fiber using a polarization-division Sagnac interferometer

Nobuyuki Matsuda, Ryōsuke Shimizu, Yasuyoshi Mitsumori, Hideo Kosaka, Keiichi Edamatsu

Published Sep 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

Characterization of small nonlinear phase shifts will be a key to the optical quantum information processing. We propose and demonstrate a novel technique to measure the nonlinear phase shifts in a waveguide-type Kerr medium.

DOI: 10.1109/ecoc.2006.4801387

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