• DocumentCode
    2245274
  • Title

    Polarization dependence of SBS in small-core PCFs

  • Author

    McElhenny, John ; Pattnaik, Radha ; Toulouse, Jean

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) generated from noise in small core PCFs exhibits a strong dependence on pump polarization. The birefringence of two small core PCFs is investigated, yielding unexpected results.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; optical pumping; photonic crystals; stimulated Brillouin scattering; PCF birefringence; photonic crystal fiber; pump polarization; small core PCF; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Birefringence; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lighting control; Noise generators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Physics; 060.5295; 290.5830;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571833