• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 3, 711 (2022)
Xinglin Zeng1、*, Wenbin He1, Michael H. Frosz1, Andreas Geilen1, Paul Roth1, Gordon K. L. Wong1, Philip St.J. Russell1, and Birgit Stiller1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
  • 2Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.443706 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xinglin Zeng, Wenbin He, Michael H. Frosz, Andreas Geilen, Paul Roth, Gordon K. L. Wong, Philip St.J. Russell, Birgit Stiller. Stimulated Brillouin scattering in chiral photonic crystal fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 711 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has many applications; for example, in sensing, microwave photonics, and signal processing. Here, we report the first experimental study of SBS in chiral photonic crystal fiber (PCF), which displays optical activity and robustly maintains circular polarization states against external perturbations. As a result, circularly polarized pump light is cleanly backscattered into a Stokes signal with the orthogonal circular polarization state, as is required by angular momentum conservation. By comparison, untwisted PCF generates a Stokes signal with an unpredictable polarization state, owing to its high sensitivity to external perturbations. We use chiral PCF to realize a circularly polarized continuous-wave Brillouin laser. The results pave the way for a new generation of stable circularly polarized SBS systems with applications in quantum manipulation, optical tweezers, optical gyroscopes, and fiber sensors.
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    Xinglin Zeng, Wenbin He, Michael H. Frosz, Andreas Geilen, Paul Roth, Gordon K. L. Wong, Philip St.J. Russell, Birgit Stiller. Stimulated Brillouin scattering in chiral photonic crystal fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 711
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