title: Chaotic stimulated Brillouin scattering near the threshold in a fiber with feedback.
abstract: We investigate a nonlinear dynamical behavior of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) near the threshold in the presence of feedback. When a cw Nd:YAG laser is injected into a single mode optical fiber, the SBS signal exhibits intermittently appearing irregular self-pulsations near the threshold. By examining the time series of the SBS signals, we verify that spontaneous Brillouin scattering having a stochastic property is dramatically suppressed due to the feedback. We explain the chaotic phenomenon of SBS in the presence of feedback in comparison with that in the absence of feedback.
authors.forename: Sang Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae-Sic
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chil-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kim