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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431798
