M. M. Khudyakov, M. E. Likhachev, M. M. Bubnov, D. S. Lipatov, A. N. Gur'yanov, V. Temyanko, J. Nagel, N. Peyhambarian, “Optimisation of an acoustically antiguiding structure for raising the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold in optical fibres”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2016, Volume 46, Number 5,Pages <nobr>468

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Optical fibres

Optimisation of an acoustically antiguiding structure for raising the stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold in optical fibres

M. M. Khudyakov^ab, M. E. Likhachev^b, M. M. Bubnov^b, D. S. Lipatov^cd, A. N. Gur'yanov^d, V. Temyanko^e, J. Nagel^e, N. Peyhambarian^e

^a Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region
^b Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c Lobachevski State University of Nizhni Novgorod
^d Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS, Nizhnii Novgorod
^e College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, USA

Abstract: Optical fibres having a radially nonuniform acoustically antiguiding structure produced by codoping their core with alumina and germania have been fabricated and investigated. The influence of the shape of the antiguiding acoustic refractive index profile and fibre core diameter on the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold and spectrum in the fibres has been assessed. An increase in SBS threshold by 4.4 dB with respect to a germanosilicate fibre having the same mode field diameter has been demonstrated.

Keywords: SBS, optical fibre, acoustically antiguiding structure.

Received: 29.12.2015