Electronics Letters · 1988 · 48 citations · 8 references
PhotonicsAcoustic ModesEngineeringMultimaterial FiberOptical PropertiesFiber-optic CommunicationApplied PhysicsSbbs Gain SpectraFiber Optic SensingSingle-mode Optical FibresGuided-wave OpticBrillouin ScatteringAcoustic Wave PropertiesOptoelectronicsFiber LaserFibre AmplifierFiber Optic
Several guided acoustic modes are identified to be responsible for the stimulated backward Brillouin scattering (SBBS) in single-mode optical fibres (SMFs). The dependence of SBBS gain spectra on acoustic properties of SMF is discussed.
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