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  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 13, Iss. 14 — Jul. 11, 2005
  • pp: 5338–5346

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Design concept for optical fibers with enhanced SBS threshold

Andrey Kobyakov, Shiva Kumar, Dipak Chowdhury, A. Boh Ruffin, Micheal Sauer, Scott Bickham, and Raj Mishra

Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 14, pp. 5338-5346        doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.005338

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  • OCIS Codes:
  • (060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
  • (060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
  • (190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
  • (190.5890) Nonlinear optics : Scattering, stimulated

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Andrey Kobyakov, Shiva Kumar, Dipak Chowdhury, A. Boh Ruffin, Micheal Sauer, Scott Bickham, and Raj Mishra, "Design concept for optical fibers with enhanced SBS threshold," Opt. Express 13, 5338-5346 (2005)
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Abstract

We propose a criterion to predict the relative value of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold in single-mode optical fibers with different refractive index profiles. We confirm our results by several representative measurements. We show that with the proper profile design one can achieve more than 3 dB increase in the SBS threshold compared to the standard single-mode optical fiber.

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History
Original Manuscript: May 25, 2005
Revised Manuscript: June 21, 2005
Published: July 11, 2005

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