Title :
Suppression of SBS in a photonic crystal fiber with periodically-varied core diameter
Author :
Stiller, Birgit ; Lee, Min Won ; Delqué, Michaël ; Bouwmans, Géraud ; Kudlinski, Alexandre ; Beugnot, Jean-Charles ; Maillotte, Hervé ; Sylvestre, Thibaut
Author_Institution :
Inst. FEMTO-ST, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besançon, France
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate 7 dB improvement in Brillouin suppression in a photonic crystal fiber by periodically varying the size of the air-hole-structure by only 7% amplitude while keeping a low attenuation coefficient.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; holey fibres; photonic crystals; Brillouin suppression; SBS; air-hole-structure; low attenuation coefficient; periodically-varied core diameter; photonic crystal fiber; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
