Soliton generation and rogue-wave like behavior through fourth order modulation instability

Kamal Hammani (1) , Christophe Finot (1) , Bertrand Kibler (1) , Guy Millot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We numerically study the dynamics of ultra-broadband wavelength converters based on fourth-order scalar modulation instability. We report the spontaneous emergence of solitons and trapped radiation waves as well as L-shaped associated statistical signatures.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Kamal Hammani, Christophe Finot, Bertrand Kibler, Guy Millot. Soliton generation and rogue-wave like behavior through fourth order modulation instability. Nonlinear Photonics, Jun 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany. pp.NMA6. ⟨hal-00469975⟩