Title :
Brillouin fiber amplifier in the depleted-pump regime
Author :
Kobyakov, Andrey ; Sauer, Michael ; Darmanyan, Sergey ; Chowdhury, Dipak
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
We have derived an explicit analytical expression for the gain of a Brillouin fiber amplifier operating in the depleted pump regime. The accuracy of the obtained formula is validated both numerically and experimentally.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; Brillouin fiber amplifier; depleted-pump regime; explicit analytical expression; Brillouin scattering; Equations; Fiber lasers; Gain measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (290.5900) Scattering, stimulated Brillouin;
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.2006.4628213
