| 摘要 |
A measurement scheme measures dispersive characteristics of optical components. The scheme includes modulation phase shift measurements performed on modulated optical carriers where the carrier frequency and the modulation frequency of the modulated optical carriers are adjusted to maintain a reference modulation sideband. A reference phase term is established by the reference modulation sideband in each of the modulation phase shift measurements. Phase indices of refraction at discrete optical frequencies of non-reference modulation sidebands are extracted from the modulation phase shift measurements. The extracted phase indices are used to calculate relative group delay and chromatic dispersion as measures of dispersive characteristics of the optical component. High timing resolution and high frequency resolution are achieved simultaneously through independent adjustment of the carrier frequency and the modulation frequency enabling optical components, including those having dispersive characteristics that are highly dependent on optical frequency, to be accurately characterized.
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