Observation of surface acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in optical microfibers (Orale)

Jean-Charles Beugnot (1) , Sylvie Lebrun (2) , Gilles Pauliat (2) , Hervé Maillotte (1) , Vincent Laude (1) , Thibaut Sylvestre (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Manolia

We report the observation of surface-acoustic-wave Brillouin scattering (SAWBS) in a subwavelength-diameter fiber and show that this effect relies on the generation by the electrostrictive force of phonons confined at the surface of the microwire.

Domains: Optics / Photonic; Optics [physics.optics]

Jean-Charles Beugnot, Sylvie Lebrun, Gilles Pauliat, Hervé Maillotte, Vincent Laude, et al.. Observation of surface acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in optical microfibers (Orale). Proceedings of Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and their Applications (WSOF) 2013, Jan 2013, Sigtuna, Sweden. pp.W3. ⟨hal-00949670⟩