• DocumentCode
    1679918
  • Title

    Stochastic spatiotemporal dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering in an optical fiber

  • Author

    Potter, William N. ; Thompson, John R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Virginia Mil. Inst., Lexington, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report transverse structure in the temporal dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering from single-mode pump pulses propagating through a two-mode fiber. Comparison of experiments and numerical simulations clarify the roles of thermal and pump fluctuations.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; spatiotemporal phenomena; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stochastic processes; pump fluctuations; single-mode pump pulses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stochastic spatiotemporal dynamics; thermal fluctuations; transverse structure; two-mode fiber; Brillouin scattering; Correlation; Fluctuations; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Spatiotemporal phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326650