• DocumentCode
    3065818
  • Title

    Bandwidth-adjustable ultra-flat Brillouin scattering spectrum in optical fiber

  • Author

    Mizuno, Yosuke ; Hayashi, Neisei ; Nakamura, Kentaro

  • Author_Institution
    Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a simple technique for obtaining a broad and flat Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS) in optical fibers. By modulating the driving current of a pump laser diode with triangular waveform, a BGS with lower than 0.3 dB gain variation over > 200 MHz is achieved, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the flattest BGS ever reported. With this technique, the bandwidth of the flattened BGS can be controlled by adjusting the amplitude and/or frequency of the current modulation.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin spectra; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; bandwidth-adjustable ultraflat Brillouin scattering spectrum; current modulation; gain spectrum; optical fiber; optical modulation; pump laser diode; triangular waveform; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600511
  • Filename
    6600511