Title :
Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering during transmission of high-power narrowband laser light in monomode fibre
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A method is described for transmitting narrowband laser radiation over long lengths of monomode fibre at high power levels without suffering nonlinear attenuation due to stimulated Brillouin scattering. The technique could be applied to long-distance coherent optical data transmission.
Keywords :
optical fibres; stimulated Brillouin scattering; high power levels; long-distance coherent optical data transmission; monomode fibre; narrowband laser light transmission; optical fibre; stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820435
