Abstract:We propose an interferometric technique for directly measuring the chromatic dispersion of the high-order mode in a few-mode fiber (FMF) by using a mode converter (MC). We successfully estimate the chromatic dispersion of the LP11 mode in the test fiber by using the proposed technique. Keywords: interferometer, chromatic dispersion, few-mode fiber, mode converter Classification: Fiber-Optic Transmission for Communications [4] P. Hamel, Y. Jaouën, R. Gabet, and S. Ramachandran, "Optical low-coherence reflectometry for complete chromatic dispersion characterization of few-mode fibers," Opt. Lett., vol. 32, pp.1029Lett., vol. 32, pp. -1031Lett., vol. 32, pp. , 2007
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