Title :
Higher-order modulation instability in optical fibers
Author :
Erkintalo, Miro ; Hammani, Kamal ; Kibler, Bertrand ; Finot, Christophe ; Akhmediev, Nail ; Dudley, John M. ; Genty, Goëry
Author_Institution :
Opt. Lab., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
We report on theoretical, numerical and experimental study of a new form of instability in a nonlinear fiber. This process of higher-order modulation instability arises from the nonlinear superposition of elementary instability dynamics.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical modulation; elementary instability dynamics; higher-order modulation instability; nonlinear fiber; nonlinear superposition; optical fibers; Educational institutions; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Optical fibers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
