(1) Department of Quantum Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, Japan;(2) Light-wave Transmission Engineering Department, Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki 211, Japan
Abstract:
Characteristics of guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering in polarization maintaining fibers are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Spectra of polarized and depolarized scattering are measured for two different types of polarization maintaining fibers: the PANDA (polarization maintaining and absorption reducing) fibers and the elliptical-jacket fibers. Calculated results are in agreement with the experimental ones in the low frequency region.