Identification of longitudinal acoustic modes guided in the core region of a single-mode optical fiber by Brillouin gain spectra measurements.

Several resonance peaks owing to an interaction between light-wave and guided modes of longitudinal acoustic waves are observed in the Brillouin gain spectra for a single-mode fiber with a GeO2-doped core and pure silica cladding. Brillouin gain spectra measurements are carried out at 1286- and 1550-nm wavelengths. Longitudinal acoustic modes guided in the GeO2-doped core region are identified by applying the analysis of leaky modes in a fiber acoustic waveguide.