DocumentCode
1771880
Title
Improvement of optical signal-to-noise ratio of a high-power pump by stimulated brillouin scattering in an optical fiber
Author
Marhic, Michel E. ; Cholan, N.A.
Author_Institution
Coll. of Eng., Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate improvement of optical signal-to-noise ratio of a high-power pump by saturated stimulated Brillouin amplification of a backward seed in a fiber. A 27-dB improvement was obtained for a 1-W pump.
Keywords
optical fibres; optical noise; optical pumping; optical saturation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; backward seed; gain 27 dB; high-power pump; optical fiber; optical signal-to-noise ratio; power 1 W; saturated stimulated Brillouin amplification; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989654
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