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| Authors | Hikari Kikuchi, Rekishu Yamazaki |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.06569vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06569 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Abstract
We report a comprehensive experimental study of spontaneous Brillouin scattering in a few-mode optical fiber, resolving both forward and backward scattering processes for intra- and inter-modal interactions. Using heterodyne detection, Stokes and anti-Stokes components without external acoustic excitation are observed and quantitatively extracted Brillouin shifts, linewidths, and gain coefficients. Forward scattering is mediated by guided torsional-radial acoustic modes with frequencies ranging from MHz to GHz, while backward scattering involves longitudinal core-guided modes at frequencies of tens of GHz. These results provide calibrated benchmarks for Brillouin interactions in few-mode fibers, offering insights relevant to phonon-based quantum applications and mode-selective optomechanics.
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