Transient stimulated Brillouin scattering dynamics in polarization maintaining optical fiber

Author

Bigelow, M.S. ; Lukishova, S.G. ; Boyd, R.W. ; Skeldon, M.D.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

256

Abstract

Summary form only given. We experimentally investigate SBS in polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber with square optical pulses having a duration short compared to the fiber transit time, and show that just above threshold, SBS is generated over the entire length of the fiber. We also present measurements of the SBS threshold for pulse durations short compared to the SBS phonon lifetime (/spl sim/16 ns) and show detailed measurements of the pulse distortion on the pulse transmitted through the fiber.

Keywords

optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse shaping; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 16 ns; SBS phorion lifetime; SBS threshold; fiber transit time; polarization maintaining optical fiber; pulse distortion; pulse durations; square optical pulses; temporally-shaped optical pulses; transient stimulated Brillouin scattering dynamics; Brillouin scattering; Crystals; Doping; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947774

Filename

947774