"Slow Light” in stimulated Brillouin scattering: on the influence of the spectral width of pump radiation on the group index: Comment

In a recent paper by Kovalev et al [Optics Express 17, 17317 (2009)] the coupled equations describing stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) were solved in the Fourier domain. The main conclusion driven by the authors was that SBS pump spectral broadening was not effective in increasing the interacti...

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Autores: González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Thévenaz, Luc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/31019
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Slow light
Nonlinear optics
Fibers
Scattering
Stimulated Brillouin
Propagation
Ciencias tecnológicas
Electrónica
Technology
Electronics
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Sumario:In a recent paper by Kovalev et al [Optics Express 17, 17317 (2009)] the coupled equations describing stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) were solved in the Fourier domain. The main conclusion driven by the authors was that SBS pump spectral broadening was not effective in increasing the interaction bandwidth. While the calculations are essentially correct, the interpretation of the results leads to erroneous conclusions.