Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers

Characterization of Brillouin Gratings in Optical Fibers and Their Applications

There is an increasing interest over recent years in Brillouin gratings in optical fibers due to their applications in optical storage (Cao et al., 2008; Kalosha et al., 2008; Zhu et al., 2007), distributed sensing (Dong et al., 2009; Song et al., 2009, 2010; Zou et al., 2009a, 2009b, 2010), optical delay line (Song et al., 2009), and birefringence characterization of polarizationmaintaining fi...

Stimulated brillouin scattering in optical fibers pdf

A holey fiber based Brillouin laser

We demonstrate for the first time a Brillouin laser based on a Holey Fiber (HF). Using a simple Fabry-Perot resonator scheme containing a 75m long highly nonlinear HF with an effective area of 2.85μm2 we obtain a threshold of 125mW and a slope efficiency of ~70%. 2001 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers, (140.3510) Lasers, fiber The area of Holey Fiber (H...

System Applications of Holey Fibers

The wavelength-scale features in holey fibers lead to novel properties including endlessly single-mode guidance, high optical nonlinearity. The current HF technology for a wide range of device applications in optical communication systems is reviewed. Recent progress in the design and fabrication of holey fiber (HF) has resulted in widespread interest in the use of such technology for a variety...

Brillouin Gain Spectrum Characterization In Single-mode Optical Fibers - Lightwave Technology, Journal of

A novel method for Brillouin gain spectrum measurements in optical fibers is presented. It is based on the pump and probe technique with the specificity to use a single laser source together with an external modulator to generate the interacting lightwaves. The high accuracy and inherent stability of the technique makes it suitable for calibration and reference measurements. Different fibers wi...