• DocumentCode
    2234122
  • Title

    Modulation instability of coherent-incoherent mixtures

  • Author

    Dylov, Dmitry V. ; Fleischer, Jason W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study, experimentally and theoretically, the modulation instability of a mixture of coherent and spatially-incoherent beams. In contrast with incoherent-MI, which requires a threshold nonlinearity, we show that any amount of coherent component triggers instability.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser stability; optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; Kerr medium; coherent-incoherent mixture; modulation instability; spatially-incoherent beams; threshold nonlinearity; Adaptive optics; Chaos; Intensity modulation; Modulation coding; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; (030.6600) Statistical optics; (190.3 100) Instabilities and chaos;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571370
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2234122