Daisy Williams, Xiaoyi Bao, Liang Chen, "Effects of polarization on stimulated Brillouin scattering in a birefringent optical fiber," Photonics Res. 2, 126 (2014)

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- Vol. 2, Issue 5, 126 (2014)

Fig. 1. Schematic arrangement of SBS in an optical fiber of length L: E 1 x , PW; E 1 y , PW; E 2 x , SW; E 2 y , SW.

Fig. 2. (a) Output pump spectrum. (b) Output Stokes spectrum. Birefringence Δ n : * 10 − 4 ; —10 − 5 ; ‐ ‐ ‐ 10 − 6 ; LHP(1,0,0); L = 1000 m . P 1 x 0 = 0.5 mW , P 1 y 0 = 0.5 mW , P 2 x 0 = 0.5 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 0.5 mW .

Fig. 3. Brillouin shift dependence on beat length; L = 1000 m , LHP (1,0,0). (a) P 1 x 0 = 0.9 mW , P 1 y 0 = 0.1 mW , P 2 x 0 = 0.9 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 0.1 mW . (b) P 1 x 0 = 0.5 mW , P 1 y 0 = 0.5 mW , P 2 x 0 = 0.5 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 0.5 mW .

Fig. 4. Left: output pump spectrum. Right: output Stokes spectrum. (a), (b) steady state; (c), (d) 240 ns pulse; (e), (f) 79 ns pulse; birefringence Δ n = 10 − 4 , L = 1 km . –··–: P 1 x 0 = 10.0 mW , P 1 y 0 = 1.0 mW , P 2 x 0 = 10.0 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 1.0 mW ; LHP (1,0,0). —: P 1 x 0 = 10.9 mW , P 1 y 0 = 0.1 mW , P 2 x 0 = 10.9 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 0.1 mW ; LHP (1,0,0). ‐ ‐ ‐: P 1 x 0 = 10.0 mW , P 1 y 0 = 1.0 mW , P 2 x 0 = 10.0 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 1.0 mW ; no pol (0,0,0).

Fig. 5. (a) x component of output Stokes spectrum. (b) y component of output Stokes spectrum. Birefringence Δ n : * 10 − 4 ; —10 − 5 ; ‐ ‐ ‐10 − 6 ; Random4 (0.1,0.9,0.42), L = 1000 m . P 1 x 0 = 10.0 mW , P 1 y 0 = 1.0 mW , P 2 x 0 = 10.0 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 1.0 mW .

Fig. 6. (a) Output pump spectrum. (b) Output Stokes spectrum. Birefringence Δ n : □ 10 − 6 Random 1 (0.6, 0.25, 0.76); ‐ ‐ ‐10 − 6 Random 2 (0.3, 0.7, 0.65); L = 1000 m ○ 10 − 6 Random 3 (0.58, 0.58, 0.58); * 10 − 6 Random 4 (0.1, 0.9,0.42); —10 − 10 no pol (0,0,0). P 1 x 0 = 1.0 mW , P 1 y 0 = 1.0 mW , P 2 x 0 = 1.0 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 80.0 mW

Fig. 7. (a) Output pump spectrum. (b) Output Stokes spectrum. Birefringence Δ n : □ 10 − 6 Random 1 (0.6, 0.25, 0.76); ‐ ‐ ‐10 − 6 Random 2 (0.3, 0.7, 0.65); L = 1000 m ○ 10 − 6 Random 3 (0.58, 0.58, 0.58); * 10 − 6 Random 4 (0.1, 0.9,0.42); —10 − 10 no pol (0,0,0). P 1 x 0 = 10.0 mW , P 1 y 0 = 1.0 mW , P 2 x 0 = 60.0 mW , and P 2 y 0 = 1.0 mW .

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