Title :
Rogue waves in a normal-dispersion fiber laser
Author :
Zhanwei Liu ; Shumin Zhang ; Wise, Frank W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
The first observations of rogue-wave formation in a normal-dispersion fiber laser are reported. With an interference filter in the cavity, non-Gaussian distributions with pulses as large as 6 times the significant wave height are observed.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; interference filters; laser cavity resonators; optical dispersion; cavity; interference filter; laser pulses; nonGaussian distributions; normal-dispersion fiber laser; rogue waves; Cavity resonators; Dispersion; Noise; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
