Experimental study on stimulated Rayleigh scattering in optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 22958-22963

  Zhu, Tao ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Liang, Hao ^a   Dong, Yongkang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREQUENCY SHIFT; GAIN COEFFICIENTS; HETERODYNE DETECTION; IN-FIBER; INPUT POWER; LARGE EFFECTIVE AREA FIBER; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBERS; RAYLEIGH; STIMULATED RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; THRESHOLD POWER;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 78149368429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.022958     Document Type: Article

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