Title :
Optical fiber with an acoustic guiding layer for stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression
Author :
Dragic, Peter D. ; Liu, Chi-Hung ; Papen, George C. ; Galvanauskas, Almantas
Author_Institution :
Lasers Cubed Inc., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
Experimental results are presented demonstrating significant suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a specially designed fiber structure. SBS suppression is achieved using an acoustic guiding layer surrounding an optical core.
Keywords :
acousto-optical devices; acousto-optical effects; optical design techniques; optical fibres; stimulated Brillouin scattering; acoustic guiding layer; optical fiber; stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression; Brillouin scattering; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202342
