Title :
Saturation and oscillation of SBS reflectivity in fiber phase conjugators
Author :
Eichler, H.J. ; Liu, B. ; Wittler, O. ; Zhu, Q.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Inst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
In the first investigation of fiber phase conjugators for input pulses with a coherence length of about 50 cm at 1064 nm wavelength, saturation of the SBS reflectivity was observed at a value of about 50 %, not considering the reflection losses on the fiber surface. The following investigation of temporal and spectral structures of the transmitted and reflected light from fiber phase conjugators indicates that saturation of SBS reflectivity is due to oscillations in the temporal structure of the SBS reflected and transmitted light
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; optical phase conjugation; reflectivity; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 1064 nm; 50 cm; SBS reflectivity oscillation; SBS reflectivity saturation; SBS transmitted light; coherence length; fiber phase conjugators; fiber surface; input pulses; reflected light; reflection losses; spectral structures; temporal structure; transmitted light; Apertures; Brillouin scattering; Frequency; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Optical reflection; Pulse amplifiers; Reflectivity; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710302