Complete all-optical silica fiber isolator via stimulated Brillouin scattering

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2267-2275

  Huang, Xinpeng ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; electrostriction; optical fibers; optical isolators

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; DOUBLE-MODE; INTERBAND; OPTICAL ISOLATION; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; PUMP POWER; SIGNAL SOURCE; SILICA FIBERS; SILICA ROD; TWO-PUMP;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROSTRICTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING; SILICA; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79960905954     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2158886     Document Type: Article

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