Investigation of the possibility of creating a broadband measuring source using the nonlinear properties of an optical fiber

A computer simulation and experimental study of a broadband laser source for testing fiber-optic communication systems has been conducted. The study investigated the use of nonlinear optical effects in fiber to expand the  spectrum of a laser source. Two types of fiber were compared: standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) and dispersion shifted fiber (DSF), to determine the best parameters for the source.