• 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