Title :
Longitudinally-graded optical fibers
Author :
Evert, A. ; Dragic, P. ; James, A. ; Hawkins, T. ; Foy, P. ; Dong, L. ; Stolen, R. ; Rice, R. ; Ballato, J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Opt. Mater. Sci. & Eng. Technol., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, USA
Abstract :
Reported here are optical fibers exhibiting significant longitudinal changes in optical properties over short lengths. The Brillouin gain is found to decrease by over 6 dB relative to a standard optical fiber as a result.
Keywords :
optical fibres; refractive index; Brillouin gain; longitudinally-graded optical fibers; optical properties; Educational institutions; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Preforms; Refractive index; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358867
