Title :
Temporal instability of spatial solitons driven by quantum noise
Author :
Di Trapani, P. ; Arrighi, G. ; Yu, Jin ; Valiulis, Gintaras ; Minardi, Stefano ; Jenkins, S.D. ; Kennedy, T.A.B.
Author_Institution :
INFM, Univ. dell´´Insubria, Como
Abstract :
We report the first observation of temporal modulation instability of spatial solitons produced in second harmonic generation. Using quantum theory we interpret the observed instability to result from quantum fluctuations of the vacuum field
Keywords :
fluctuations; optical chaos; optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; optical solitons; quantum noise; quantum optics; modulation instability; quantum fluctuations; quantum noise; quantum theory; second harmonic generation; spatial solitons; temporal instability; vacuum field;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
