title: Reduction of guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in photonic crystal fibers.
abstract: Guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering (GAWBS) generates phase and polarization noise of light propagating in glass fibers. This excess noise affects the performance of various experiments operating at the quantum noise limit. We experimentally demonstrate the reduction of GAWBS noise in a photonic crystal fiber in a broad frequency range by tailoring the acoustic modes using the photonic also as a phononic crystal. We compare the noise spectrum to the one of a standard fiber and observe a tenfold noise reduction in the frequency range up to 200 MHz. Based on our measurement results as well as on numerical simulations, we establish a model for the reduction of GAWBS noise in photonic crystal fibers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics (Max Planck Research Group), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Günther-Scharowsky-Strasse 1, Building 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. delser@optik.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elser
authors.forename: U L
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Glöckl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leuchs