Wavelength dependence of the Brillouin spectral width of boron doped germanosilicate optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18852-18865

  Law, Pi Cheng ^a   Dragic, Peter D ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS;

1064 NM; BORON-DOPED; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; CO-DOPED; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GE-DOPED FIBERS; GERMANOSILICATE FIBER; GERMANOSILICATES; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TWO WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

FIBERS;

GERMANIUM; GLASS FIBER; SILICATE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GERMANIUM; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956356470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018852     Document Type: Article

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