• DocumentCode
    2666449
  • Title

    Experimental observation of modulational instability and spontaneous pattern formation with incoherent "white" light

  • Author

    Schwartz, T. ; Buljan, H. ; Carmon, Tal ; Segev, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Solid State Inst., Haifa, Israel
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We report the first observation of modulation instability and spontaneous pattern formation with incoherent "white" light emitted from an incandescent light bulb.
  • Keywords
    optical chaos; optical solitons; pattern formation; incandescent light bulb; incoherent white light; modulational instability; nonlinear wave propagation; solitons; spontaneous pattern formation; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Pattern formation; Pulse modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238441
  • Filename
    1276027