High finesse integrated Brillouin-active fiber ring and loop mirror

Chung Yu; Yongkab Kim; Justin Foreman; Tracee Jamison

doi:10.1117/12.445018

17 October 2001 High finesse integrated Brillouin-active fiber ring and loop mirror

Chung Yu, Yongkab Kim, Justin Foreman, Tracee Jamison

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Proceedings Volume 4581, Passive Components and Transmission Systems; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445018
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conference and Exhibit, 2001, Beijing, China

Abstract

Nonlinear fiber optics, in the form of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), has now emerged as the essential means for the construction of active optical devices used for all-optic in-line switching, channel selection, amplification, oscillation in optical communications, optical logic elements in optical computation and sensing, and a host of other applications. This paper attempts to present a survey and some of our own research findings on the nature of stimulated Brillouin scattering in single mode optical fibers and its device applications. In theory, the backscattering nature of the phenomenon enables its application as channel selectors and switches and filters in optical transmission and communications. We have been engaged in the design and implementation of fiber configurations, such as rings and loop mirrors, with the purpose of lowering the threshold. We report on experimental schemes involving Brillouin ring with amplifier-in-the ring, and Brillouin-NALMs (nonlinear amplifying loop mirrors). These successful devices are being studied for application as optical logic and neuron elements, Brillouin-NALMs for optical switching, and highly versatile sensors.

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Chung Yu, Yongkab Kim, Justin Foreman, and Tracee Jamison "High finesse integrated Brillouin-active fiber ring and loop mirror", Proc. SPIE 4581, Passive Components and Transmission Systems, (17 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.445018

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