The Year 2022 marks 100 years since Leon Brillouin predicted and theoretically described
the interaction of optical waves with acoustic waves in a medium. Accordingly, this resonant …

The interaction of light and sound waves at the micro and nanoscale has attracted
considerable interest in recent years. The main reason is that this interaction is responsible …

The distributed fibre sensing technology based on backward stimulated Brillouin scattering
(BSBS) is experiencing a rapid development. However, all reported implementations of …

The interaction between light and mesoscopic mechanical degrees of freedom has been
investigated under various perspectives, from spectroscopy in condensed matter, optical …

Brillouin scattering in optical fibres is a fundamental interaction between light and sound
with important implications ranging from optical sensors to slow and fast light. In usual …

Optical microfibers and nanofibers are currently being widely used in a vast number of
applications ranging from quantum and ultra-cold atom optics to optical sensing. However …

We provide experimental characterization of stimulated Brillouin scattering at 2-µm
wavelength in step-index optical fibers made of various types of infrared materials. Our …

Germanosilicate glasses are substantial materials in fiber optic technology that have
allowed the control of optical properties such as numerical aperture, photosensitivity …

We describe a finite element algorithm for modeling stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical
waveguides of arbitrary cross-section. The method allows rapid calculation of optical and …

We investigate the onset of nonlinear effects in hybrid polymer-chalcogenide optical
microwires and show that they provide an enhanced Kerr nonlinearity while simultaneously …