Comparison of stimulated Brillouin scattering thresholds and spectra in non-polarization-maintaining and polarization-maintaining passive fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5709, Issue , 2005, Pages 147-156

  Spring, Justin B ^a   Russell, Timothy H ^a   Shay, Thomas M ^a   Berdine, Richard W ^a   Sanchez, Anthony D ^a   Ward, Benjamin G ^a   Roh, Won B ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Amplifier; Fiber Laser; Polarization; Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; BROADBAND NETWORKS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

MODE-FIELD DIAMETERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS); THRESHOLD EQUATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 21844461831     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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