title: Suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers using fiber Bragg gratings.
abstract: We propose a novel scheme for suppressing stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers. The scheme makes use of a single or a sampled Bragg grating fabricated within the fiber used for transmitting intense Q-switched pulses. The grating is designed such that the spectrum of the Stokes pulse generated through stimulated Brillouin scattering falls entirely within its stop band. We show numerically that 15-ns pulses with 2-kW peak power can be transmitted though a 1-m-long fiber with little energy loss using this scheme. A sampled grating can be used for longer fibers but its coupling coefficient should be higher. The proposed scheme should prove useful for double-clad fiber lasers and amplifiers.
authors.forename: Hojoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Govind
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agrawal