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Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers

Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers
Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers
We report the results of detailed measurements on the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS), gain bandwidth, and gain coefficients of several small-core holey optical fibers (HFs) of both uniform and axially varying structural characteristics and compare these with measurements on more conventional fibers. Our measurements show that the BFS of HFs is first-order proportional to the modal index for light propagating along the fiber and is thus extremely sensitive to its precise structural parameters. Our results highlight the possibility of using distributed Brillouin scattering measurements to perform nondestructive structural characterization of HFs, and the possibility of producing Brillouin-suppressed HFs using controlled structural variation along the fiber length.
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Furusawa, K.
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Yusoff, Z.
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Poletti, F.
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Monro, T.M.
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Broderick, N.G.R.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Monro, T.M.
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Furusawa, K., Yusoff, Z., Poletti, F., Monro, T.M., Broderick, N.G.R. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers. Optics Letters, 31 (17), 2541-2543. (doi:10.1364/OL.31.002541).

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We report the results of detailed measurements on the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS), gain bandwidth, and gain coefficients of several small-core holey optical fibers (HFs) of both uniform and axially varying structural characteristics and compare these with measurements on more conventional fibers. Our measurements show that the BFS of HFs is first-order proportional to the modal index for light propagating along the fiber and is thus extremely sensitive to its precise structural parameters. Our results highlight the possibility of using distributed Brillouin scattering measurements to perform nondestructive structural characterization of HFs, and the possibility of producing Brillouin-suppressed HFs using controlled structural variation along the fiber length.

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Published date: 2006
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Local EPrints ID: 42402
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/42402
DOI: doi:10.1364/OL.31.002541
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 265a250b-0526-4bb8-ae26-c44b255e9f2e
ORCID for F. Poletti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-3083
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 11 Dec 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:53

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Author: K. Furusawa
Author: Z. Yusoff
Author: F. Poletti ORCID iD
Author: T.M. Monro
Author: N.G.R. Broderick
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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