Title :
A unique behavior of pump power in the modulational instability spectra of saturable nonlinear media
Author :
Nithyanandan, K. ; Raja, R. Vasantha Jayakantha ; Uthayakumar, T. ; Porsezian, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Pondicherry Univ., Puducherry, India
Abstract :
We observed the unique role of pump power (P) in the MI spectra, such that gain either increase or decreases relative to the saturation power (Ps) and shown that operating around P = Ps is identified to be the active regime in the context of saturable nonlinear media.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical saturation; MI spectra; modulational instability spectra; pump power; saturable nonlinear media; saturation power;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1