Title :
Spontaneous Modulation Instability in Noninstantaneous Self-defocusing Medium with a Coherent Feedback
Author :
Chu, Wen-Han ; Shih, Ming-Feng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the spatial optical modulation instability can spontaneously happen in the non-instantaneous defocusing medium only when there is a coherent feedback above certain threshold of the light wave.
Keywords :
light coherence; nonlinear optics; optical feedback; optical modulation; optical self-focusing; coherent feedback; defocusing medium; noninstantaneous self-defocusing medium; optical modulation instability; spontaneous modulation instability; Amplitude modulation; Frequency; Hydrogen; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical modulation; Stability; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391256
