Optimized acoustic refractive index profiles for suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in large core fibers

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yoo, S ^a   Sahu, J K ^a   Nilsson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFRACTIVE INDEX; BRILLOUIN GAIN; LARGE CORE FIBERS;

ACOUSTICS; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70349281754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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