Accurate modeling of the intrinsic Brillouin linewidth via finite-element analysis

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1698-1700

  Dragic, Peter D ^a   Ward, Benjamin G ^b  

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

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; finite element methods; nonlinearities; optical fibers

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; ACOUSTIC MODE; APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN GAIN; BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NON-LINEARITY; NONUNIFORM; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; VALUE MODEL;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRASONICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78149275141     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2081974     Document Type: Article

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