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chris_avfc
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Homework Statement
Our lecturer seemed to skip over how to get from the Group Velocity Dispersion to the actual temporal stretch of a pulse sent down an optical fibre, instead we were given just the two formula. I've been trying to work out where the temporal stretch comes from but can't work it out.
Homework Equations
The GVD in this case is given by
$$ GVD = \frac{dv_g}{dk} = -\frac{\omega}{n}\frac{d^2n}{dk^2}=-\frac{\omega}{n}\frac{\lambda^4}{4\pi^2}\frac{d^2n}{d\lambda^2}$$
The temporal stretch is given by
$$ \Delta\tau = -\frac{L}{c}(\lambda^2\frac{d^2n}{d\lambda^2}) \frac{\Delta\lambda}{\lambda} $$
The Attempt at a Solution
Have made very little progress, only got as far as getting the same factors as in the temporal stretch.
$$ GVD = -(\lambda^2\frac{d^2n}{d\lambda^2})(\frac{\lambda^2}{4\pi^2}\frac{\omega}{n})$$