Title :
Enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering via saturable phonon losses
Author :
Behunin, R.O. ; Kharel, P. ; Renninger, W.H. ; Shin, H. ; Carter, F. ; Kittlaus, E. ; Rakich, P.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
Using stimulated Brillouin spectroscopy we demonstrate that nonlinear phonon dynamics emerging at cryogenic temperatures can be effectively harnessed to enhance Brillouin gain and extend phonon lifetimes in fiber.
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; phonons; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin gain; cryogenic temperatures; nonlinear phonon dynamics; optical fiber; phonon lifetime; saturable phonon losses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Absorption; Bragg gratings; Optical attenuators; Phonons; Scattering; Spectroscopy; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
