Design and Development of Optical Dispersion Characterization Systems

This book demonstrates the implementation of an automated measuring system for very efficient measurement of chromatic dispersion, which uses a modulation phase shift method over long haul of optical single mode fiber. The authors show how a new scheme for measuring chromatic dispersion is adopted in conjunction with a tunable laser (TLS), providing the optical power at required wavelength and digital oscilloscope (DOSC) for measuring the phase difference between microwave signals from transmitter and microwave signals at the receiver. This is a novel approach for real-time chromatic dispersion in optical systems such as optical fibers. The setup used is very simple, accurate and cost effective, compared to other methods such as direct measurement, differential mode delay, polarization mode dispersion measurement and phase delay method.

Iraj Sadegh Amiri received his B. Sc (Applied Physics) from Public University of Oroumiyeh, Iran in 2001 and a gold medalist M. Sc. (Physics/Optics)) from University Technology Malaysia (UTM), in 2009. He was awarded a PhD degree in Physics (photonics) in Jan 2014. He has been doing research on several topics such as the optical soliton communications, laser physics, plasmonics photonics devices, nonlinear fiber optics, optoelectronics devices using 2D materials, waveguides, quantum cryptography and nanotechnology engineering.

Masih Ghasemi is a researcher at the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.