Brillouin gain reduction via B2O3 doping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 967-973

  Dragic, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; optical fiber materials

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DAMPING; ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; BORIC OXIDE; BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN GAIN; BULK MATERIALS; CO-DOPANTS; DOPED FIBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MODELING PARAMETERS; MODELING RESULTS; MOLAR COMPOSITIONS; OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SI OXIDE; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; TO A VERY LARGE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONICS;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 79952911262     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2107502     Document Type: Article

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