8-12 July 2013
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Pulse Delay Chromatic Dispersion Measurements in Single Mode Fibre

10 Jul 2013, 17:40
1h
Poster Presentation Track F - Applied Physics Poster2

Speaker

Mr Shukree Wassin (NMMU Physics Department)

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

Yes

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Prof T.Gibbon
Tim.Gibbon@nmmu.ac.za
Prof A.Leitch
Andrew.Leitch@nmmu.ac.za

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

MSc

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

In recent years, there has been a rising demand for high bandwidth in long haul fibres to assist with high-speed data transmission. Chromatic dispersion limits high-speed data transmission making it essential to perform chromatic dispersion measurements. Chromatic dispersion measurements play an important role during the manufacturing processes of the optical fibre, in characterizing the different types of optical fibre, when designing optical networks and in transmission penalty estimations. In this paper, a unique laboratory setup based on the pulse delay technique was used to characterize the chromatic dispersion in a single mode fibre. The chromatic dispersion of a 6.1km long G.652 single mode fibre was measured within the 1550nm to 1553nm wavelength range. The dispersion values obtained were in the region of 15.3-20.0ps/nm.km, which compares well with the theoretical values for the G.652 optical fibre.

Primary author

Mr Shukree Wassin (NMMU Physics Department)

Co-authors

Prof. Andrew Leitch (NMMU Physics Department) Mr Enoch Rotich Kipnoo (NMMU Physics Department) Dr Romeo Gamatham (NMMU Physics Department) Prof. Tim Gibbon (NMMU Physics Department)

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