Title :
Raman-like scattering from acoustic phonons in photonic crystal fibre
Author :
Dainese, P. ; Russell, P. St J ; Wiederhecker, G.S. ; Joly, N. ; Fragnito, H.L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Fis., Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Campinas
Abstract :
Strong in-plane confinement of acoustic phonons in air-glass PCFs with sub-wavelength-scale cores is shown to result in an acoustic mode cut-off frequency, which acts like a Raman resonance. Spontaneous and photoacoustic measurements illustrate the effect.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; photoacoustic effect; photonic crystals; Raman resonance; Raman-like scattering; acoustic phonons; in-plane confinement; photoacoustic measurements; photonic crystal fibre; Acoustic scattering; Brillouin scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Phonons; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization; Raman scattering; Resonance light scattering; (060.2290) Fiber materials; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (290.5830) Scattering, Brillouin; (290.5860) Scattering, Raman;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628123
