• DocumentCode
    1163812
  • Title

    The Effect of Phase Conjugation Fidelity on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Threshold

  • Author

    Massey, Steven M. ; Russell, Timothy H.

  • Author_Institution
    Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    399
  • Lastpage
    405
  • Abstract
    We present the effect of phase conjugation fidelity on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold in a multimode optical fiber. As fiber lengths decrease and phase conjugation fidelity increases, SBS threshold is observed to increase at a slower rate than that predicted by equations derived for single-mode fibers with an inverse dependence on fiber length. The deviation in threshold from standard models is shown to have a direct relationship to the phase conjugation fidelity.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical phase conjugation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; fiber length; multimode optical fiber; phase conjugation fidelity; single mode fibers; slower rate; standard models; stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold; Brillouin scattering; nonlinear optics; phase conjugation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-260X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2013180
  • Filename
    4785148