SBS in optical communication systems: The good, the bad and the ugly

Bill Corcoran; Amol Choudhary

doi:10.1016/bs.semsem.2022.05.005

SBS in optical communication systems: The good, the bad and the ugly

Bill Corcoran, Amol Choudhary

Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

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Abstract

Stimulated Brillouin Scattering has predominantly been considered as a barrier in optical communication systems, as an unwanted source of loss and noise, and as a limit to power. There have been at various stages, however, a number of proposals to use Brillouin as a tool in communications system, harnessing the narrowband optical amplification it provides. This chapter reviews the multiple faces SBS presents to optical communications, the good, the bad and the ugly. We review: the early use of SBS as a unique too for optical signal manipulation, it's emergence as a limitation, and recent research progress that places SBS as an interesting capability to enhance modern coherent communications technologies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Semiconductors and Semimetals
Editors	Benjamin J. Eggleton, Michael J. Steel, Christopher G. Poulton
Place of Publication	Cambridge MA USA
Publisher	Academic Press
Chapter	11
Pages	181-213
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323989336
ISBN (Print)	9780323989312
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.semsem.2022.05.005
Publication status	Published - 2022

Publication series

Name	Semiconductors and Semimetals
Publisher	Academic Press
Number	2
Volume	110
ISSN (Print)	0080-8784

Keywords

Coherent optical communications
Lasers
Nonlinear fiber optics
Optical carrier recovery
Optical communications
Optical filtering
Optical routing
Self-homodyne receiver
Stimulated Brillouin scattering

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SBS in optical communication systems: The good, the bad and the ugly. / Corcoran, Bill; Choudhary, Amol.
Semiconductors and Semimetals. ed. / Benjamin J. Eggleton; Michael J. Steel; Christopher G. Poulton. Cambridge MA USA: Academic Press, 2022. p. 181-213 (Semiconductors and Semimetals; Vol. 110, No. 2).

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