Seeded and spontaneous higher order modulation instability

Miro Erkintalo (1) , Kamal Hammani (2) , Bertrand Kibler (3) , Christophe Finot (2) , Nail Akhmediev (4) , John M. Dudley (5) , Goëry Genty (1)

1 TUT - Tampere University of Technology [Tampere]
2 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
3 SLCO
4 Res Sch Phys Sci & Engn, Opt Sci Grp
5 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

We report on the dynamics of the higher-order modulation instability in optical fibers and show that it is the very same phenomenon that underpins the emergence of rogue waves in the early stage of supercontinuum generation.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Miro Erkintalo, Kamal Hammani, Bertrand Kibler, Christophe Finot, Nail Akhmediev, et al.. Seeded and spontaneous higher order modulation instability. Frontiers in Optics 2012, Oct 2012, Rochester, United States. pp.FW3A.45, ⟨10.1364/FIO.2012.FW3A.45⟩. ⟨hal-00839682⟩