Driven modulation instability and new class of solitons of incoherent light

Zhigang Chen; J. Klinger; H. Martin

doi:10.1117/12.424721

12 April 2001 Driven modulation instability and new class of solitons of incoherent light

Zhigang Chen, J. Klinger, H. Martin

Proceedings Volume 4271, Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424721
Event: Photonics West 2001 - LASE, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We present experimental results on induced (driven) modulation instability and associated pattern formation of partially spatially incoherent light. Incoherent modulation instability (MI) is driven by seeding noise through cross-phase-modulation rather than intrinsic noise in a noninstantaneous nonlinear medium. We show that a threshold exists for such driven incoherent MI to occur, which depends on the degree of spatial coherence as well as the strength of the nonlinearity. Above the threshold, the MI leads to formation of ordered and disordered patterns of incoherent light. New class of solitons of incoherent light observed by suppressing incoherent MI will also be reported.

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Zhigang Chen, J. Klinger, and H. Martin "Driven modulation instability and new class of solitons of incoherent light", Proc. SPIE 4271, Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III, (12 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.424721

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