Title :
Phosphosilicate Raman gain fibers with varying core concentration for enhanced SBS suppression
Author :
Nagel, J. ; Temyanko, V. ; Dobler, J. ; Salganskii, M. ; Likhachev, M. ; Alexeev, V. ; Bubnov, M. ; Dianov, Evgeny ; Norwood, Robert ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
New SBS suppressed phosphosilicate Raman gain fibers are demonstrated with longitudinally varying core doping concentrations. Peak Brillouin gain is reduced by 6 dB over standard fibers resulting in a 2.8 dB increase in amplified power.
Keywords :
doping; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; P2O5; core concentration; enhanced SBS suppression; longitudinally varying core doping concentrations; peak Brillouin gain; phosphosilicate Raman gain fibers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Scattering; Stimulated emission; Fiber Optics; optical fiber amplifiers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656541
