Complete experimental characterization of stimulated Brillouin scattering in photonic crystal fiber.
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Date publication
novembre 2007
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr MAILLOTTE Hervé
Tous les auteurs :
Beugnot JC, Sylvestre T, Alasia D, Maillotte H, Laude V, Monteville A, Provino L, Traynor N, Mafang SF, Thevenaz L
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Résumé
We provide a complete experimental characterization of stimulated Brillouin scattering in a 160 m long solid-core photonic crystal fiber, including threshold and spectrum measurements as well as position-resolved mapping of the Brillouin frequency shift. In particular, a three-fold increase of the Brillouin threshold power is observed, in excellent agreement with the spectrally-broadened Brillouin gain spectrum. Distributed measurements additionally reveal that the rise of the Brillouin threshold results from the broadband nature of the gain spectrum all along the fiber and is strongly influenced by strain. Our experiments confirm that these unique fibers can be exploited for the passive control or the suppression of Brillouin scattering.
Référence
Opt Express. 2007 Nov 12;15(23):15517-22.