A silica based highly nonlinear fibre with improved threshold for stimulated brillouin scattering
- 1 September 2010
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
8.8 dB improvement in figure of merit for SBS limited highly nonlinear fibres is reported by using a combination of Al-doping and straining of the fibre.Keywords
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