Title :
Investigation of Brillouin scattering in optical fibers for the generation of Millimeter waves
Author :
Schneider, Thomas ; Hannover, Danny ; Junker, Markus
Author_Institution :
Deutsche Telekom AG, Univ. of Appl. Sci., Leipzig, Germany
Abstract :
Stimulated Brillouin scattering (BS) in optical fibers is investigated for the generation of millimeter waves (mm-waves) for radio over fiber systems. Predictions of a numerical simulation are compared to experimental results, and both are in good agreement with each other. With the numerical simulation, the optimum parameter for the technique is calculated. It will be shown that the optimum length of the fiber for BS depends on the signal rather than on the pump power. This gives us the opportunity to adjust the parameters for any given fiber length. The advantages and limits of the proposed method for mm-wave generation are discussed.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; stimulated Brillouin scattering; millimeter wave generation; optical fibers; radio over fiber system; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Chirp modulation; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Brillouin scattering; millimeter-wave communications; nonlinear optics;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.859826