Dispersion and brillouin managed HNLFs by strain control techniques

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Tadakuma, Masateru ^a   Yagi, Takeshi ^a  

^a FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersion control; High nonlinear fiber (HNLF); Stimulated brillouin scattering (SBS) suppression; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DISPERSION CONTROL; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; NON-LINEAR FIBER; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; ZERO-DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SCATTERING; STRAIN; STRAIN CONTROL; ULTRASONICS;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 73249119337     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2035824     Document Type: Article

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