Abstract

The temporal coherence properties of a dispersively propagating optical beam are clarified experimentally by means of a two-beam interferometer composed of optical fibers with 1.3- and 1.5-μm zero-chromatic-dispersion wavelengths. Experimental results fully explain and reflect theoretically predicted ones concerning both the magnitude of the degree of coherence and the shape of the coherence curve with respect to the optical path difference.

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Loss of longitudinal coherence as a result of the birefringence effect

Makoto Tsubokawa, Nori Shibata, Tsunehito Higashi, and Shigeyuki Seikai
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4(10) 1895-1901 (1987)

Longitudinal coherence properties of light waves propagating through a birefringent fiber

Makoto Tsubokawa, Nori Shibata, Tsunehito Higashi, and Shigeyuki Seikai
Opt. Lett. 12(5) 361-363 (1987)

Pulse distortion and the square of the degree of coherence in the presence of second- and third-order dispersions

Nori Shibata, Kimitaka Watanabe, Masaharu Ohashi, and Kazuhiko Aikawa
Opt. Express 25(26) 32640-32649 (2017)

Optical beam wave propagation through complex optical systems

H. T. Yura and S. G. Hanson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4(10) 1931-1948 (1987)

Multimode dispersion behavior in optical fibers at high resolution

A. Sawaki, H. Suzuki, M. Koishi, H. Kume, and Y. Mizushima
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4(7) 1283-1288 (1987)