Title :
Modulation instability of coherent-incoherent mixtures
Author :
Dylov, Dmitry V. ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
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;
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
