Title :
Resonance effects governing modulation instability of incoherent light
Author :
Ben-Bassat, Eyal ; Schwartz, Tal ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally, resonance effects associated with modulation instability of incoherent light. The resonance is exemplified in a sharp transition of the spatial-frequency of maximum-gain, and in the absence of threshold.
Keywords :
light coherence; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; resonant states; incoherent light; modulation instability; nonlinearity effects; resonance effects; spatial-frequency transition; Chaos; Frequency; Modulation coding; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical refraction; Physics; Resonance; (190.3100) Instabilities and chaos; (190.4420) Transverse effects in nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
