Limits of stimulated brillouin scattering suppression in optical fibers with transverse acoustic waveguide designs

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3156-3161

  Dong, Liang ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; optical fiber; optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber lasers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MODE; ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDES; GAIN SPECTRA; HIGH-POWER; OPTICAL MODES; SHEAR ACOUSTIC WAVES; SINGLE FREQUENCY FIBER LASERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING SUPPRESSION;

DESIGN; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; SUBSONIC FLOW; ULTRASONICS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 78049311397     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2078489     Document Type: Article

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