Title :
Higher-order modulation instability in fiber optics
Author :
Erkintalo, M. ; Hammani, K. ; Kibler, B. ; Finot, C. ; Akhmediev, N. ; Dudley, J.M. ; Genty, G.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
We report on analytical, numerical and experimental studies of higher-order modulation instability in fiber optics. This new form of instability arises from the nonlinear superposition of elementary instabilities and manifests as complex, yet deterministic temporal pulse break-up dynamics. We use the Darboux transformation to analytically describe the process and compare with experiments. In particular, we show how suitably low frequency modulation on a continuous wave field allows for the excitation of higher-order modulation instability through cascaded four-wave mixing.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical modulation; Darboux transformation; elementary instabilities; fiber optics; four-wave mixing; higher-order modulation instability; low frequency modulation; nonlinear superposition; Amplitude modulation; Frequency modulation; Harmonic analysis; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optimized production technology; Fiber-optic parametric amplifiers; Four-wave mixing; Modulation instability;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253900
