Title :
Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in a photonic/phononic crystal fiber
Author :
Hegde, R.S. ; Winful, H.G. ; Galvanaskas, A.
Author_Institution :
Electrical engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104 USA
Abstract :
Analytical model has been developed, which predicts significant suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in a fiber structure, which provides photonic-bandgap guidance for optical waves and, simultaneously, phononic-bandgap suppression of electrostrictively driven acoustic waves.
Keywords :
Acoustic waves; Brillouin scattering; Equations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431301
