title: Brillouin spectroscopy of YAG-derived optical fibers.
abstract: We present Brillouin spectroscopy of YAG-derived optical fibers. It is found that the addition of yttria and alumina both tend to raise the acoustic velocity when added to silica, with the change due to yttria being much weaker. The temperature-dependence of the Stokes's shift in the YAG-derived fibers is also measured, disclosing a lesser temperature dependence than conventional Ge-doped fibers. These fibers are found experimentally to have a substantially larger acoustic attenuation coefficient relative to that of bulk silica, and assuming a photoelastic constant of amorphous YAG similar to that of pure crystalline YAG, a much-reduced Brillouin gain coefficient as a result. A 40 weight percent yttria and alumina fiber has a Brillouin gain coefficient estimated to be roughly one sixth of pure silica. We also show that the addition of Er to the YAG-derived system decreases the acoustic velocity and broadens the Brillouin spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. p-dragic@illinois.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dragic
authors.forename: P-C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foy
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055100:Optical Fibers; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015019:Yttrium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C503779:yttrium-aluminum-garnet; D015019:Yttrium; D000535:Aluminum