Title :
Event horizons in nonlinear optics
Author :
Webb, K.E. ; Erkintalo, Miro ; Xu, Y.Q. ; Broderick, N.G.R. ; Dudley, John M. ; Genty, Goery ; Murdoch, S.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
We show experimentally and theoretically that fiberoptic analogues of event horizons can be explained by cascaded four-wave mixing between two continuous waves. Excellent agreement is obtained between experiments using pulsed and continuous wave lasers.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; cascaded four-wave mixing; continuous wave lasers; event horizons; fiber-optic analogues; nonlinear optics; pulsed lasers; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Probes; Resonant frequency; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
