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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2002
Christoph Glingener, Feldkirchen-Westerham, DE;
Erich Gottwald, Holzkirchen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A measurement method is provided for determining nonlinearities in an optical fiber wherein, in a first step, at least one optical test signal is injected into the optical fiber, whose test signal power is varied, and a first onset threshold for the stimulated Brillouin scatter is determined on the basis of the change in power of the back scattered optical signal and, in a second step, in addition to the optical test signal, at least one modulated optical pump signal is injected with a predetermined pump signal power and at a first pump wavelength into the optical fiber, and a second onset threshold for the stimulated Brillouin scatter is determined on the basis of the change in the test signal power, and the nonlinearity coefficient of the optical fiber is determined by evaluating at least the first and the second onset threshold, the test and pump signal parameters and the fiber parameters.