title: Self-referenced and single-ended method to measure Brillouin gain in monomode optical fibers.
abstract: We present a new self-referenced and single-ended method to measure the Brillouin-gain coefficient in monomode optical fibers accurately with high reliability. Our comparative measurements on several different fibers show that a fiber with a smaller optical effective mode area can nevertheless have a higher Brillouin threshold, thus confirming the significance of acousto-optic effective mode area.
authors.affiliation: Electricité de France R&D, Chatou, France. vincent.lanticq@telecom-paristech.fr
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lanticq
authors.forename: Shifeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Renaud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gabet
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jaouën
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taillade
authors.forename: Gautier
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: Govind P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Agrawal