Stimulated Brillouin scattering in single-mode As(2)S(3) and As(2)Se(3) chalcogenide fibers

Catalin Florea; Mark Bashkansky; Zachary Dutton; Jasbinder Sanghera; Paul Pureza; Ishwar Aggarwal

doi:10.1364/oe.14.012063

Stimulated Brillouin scattering in single-mode As(2)S(3) and As(2)Se(3) chalcogenide fibers

Opt Express. 2006 Dec 11;14(25):12063-70. doi: 10.1364/oe.14.012063.

Authors

Catalin Florea, Mark Bashkansky, Zachary Dutton, Jasbinder Sanghera, Paul Pureza, Ishwar Aggarwal

PMID: 19529633
DOI: 10.1364/oe.14.012063

Abstract

Stimulated Brillouin scattering was investigated for the first time in As(2)S(3) single-mode fibers, and also in As(2)Se(3). The propagation loss and numerical aperture of the fibers at 1.56 mum, along with the threshold intensity for the stimulated Brillouin scattering process were measured. From the threshold values we estimate the Brillouin gain coefficient and demonstrate record figure of merit for slow-light based applications in chalcogenide fibers.