DocumentCode
732684
Title
Enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering via saturable phonon losses
Author
Behunin, R.O. ; Kharel, P. ; Renninger, W.H. ; Shin, H. ; Carter, F. ; Kittlaus, E. ; Rakich, P.T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Using stimulated Brillouin spectroscopy we demonstrate that nonlinear phonon dynamics emerging at cryogenic temperatures can be effectively harnessed to enhance Brillouin gain and extend phonon lifetimes in fiber.
Keywords
optical fibre losses; phonons; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin gain; cryogenic temperatures; nonlinear phonon dynamics; optical fiber; phonon lifetime; saturable phonon losses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Absorption; Bragg gratings; Optical attenuators; Phonons; Scattering; Spectroscopy; Temperature measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183120
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