title: Brillouin scattering gain bandwidth reduction down to 3.4MHz.
abstract: We present a simple method for the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) gain bandwidth reduction in an optical fiber. We were able to reduce the natural bandwidth of 20 MHz to around 3.4 MHz by a superposition of the gain with two losses produced by the same source. This reduced bandwidth can drastically enhance the performance of many different applications which up to now were limited by the minimum of the natural SBS bandwidth.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Hochschule für Telekommunikation Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. stefan.preuszler@hft-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Preussler
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiatrek
authors.forename: Kambiz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jamshidi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D055100:Optical Fibers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation