Optical Fibers With Tailored Acoustic Speed Profiles for Suppressing Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in High-Power, Single-Frequency Sources

Author

Gray, Stuart ; Walton, Donnell T. ; Chen, Xin ; Wang, Ji ; Li, Ming-Jun ; Liu, Anping ; Ruffin, A.B. ; Demeritt, Jeffrey A. ; Zenteno, Luis A.

Author_Institution

Corning Inc., Corning, NY

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2009

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

46

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the design of optical fibers with tailored acoustic speed profiles to suppress stimulated Brillouin scattering in high-power, single-frequency sources. We demonstrate the ability of these fibers to achieve single-mode output powers of greater than 500 W and discuss the potential to achieve powers beyond 1 kW.

Keywords

acoustic wave velocity; acousto-optical devices; light sources; optical design techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; high-power fiber amplifiers; optical fiber design; single-frequency sources; single-mode output power; stimulated Brillouin scattering; tailored acoustic speed profiles; Acoustic propagation; Brillouin scattering; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Brillouin scattering; optical fiber amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2010240

Filename

4773299