title: Design concept for optical fibers with enhanced SBS threshold.
abstract: We propose a criterion to predict the relative value of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold in single-mode optical fibers with different refractive index profiles. We confirm our results by several representative measurements. We show that with the proper profile design one can achieve more than 3 dB increase in the SBS threshold compared to the standard single-mode optical fiber.
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobyakov
authors.forename: Shiva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: A Boh
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ruffin
authors.forename: Micheal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bickham
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mishra