DocumentCode
2795019
Title
Wave kinetic instabilities in nonlinear, statistical optics
Author
Dylov, Dmitry V. ; Fleischer, Jason W.
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey, 08544 USA
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate wave-kinetic instabilities in the nonlinear coupling of two partially-coherent beams. We report pure momentum-space energy transfer, without intensity modulations, below the (joint) MI threshold and full {x,k} phase space dynamics above it.
Keywords
Chaos; Energy exchange; Intensity modulation; Kinetic theory; Laser beams; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Photorefractive effect;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431798
Filename
4431798
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