Title :
Improvement of optical signal-to-noise ratio of a high-power pump by stimulated brillouin scattering in an optical fiber
Author :
Marhic, Michel E. ; Cholan, N.A.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate improvement of optical signal-to-noise ratio of a high-power pump by saturated stimulated Brillouin amplification of a backward seed in a fiber. A 27-dB improvement was obtained for a 1-W pump.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical noise; optical pumping; optical saturation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; backward seed; gain 27 dB; high-power pump; optical fiber; optical signal-to-noise ratio; power 1 W; saturated stimulated Brillouin amplification; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
