Converting noise into solitons: optical self-organization through intermodal nonlinearity
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a pump-pulse-induced conversion of noise into solitons in multimode optical fibers. The process is based on the recently discovered phenomenon of soliton self-mode conversion, where a pump soliton in a higher-order spatial mode crafts another well-defined soliton, originating purely from noise, in a lower-order mode at a longer wavelength through intermodal Raman scattering. The lack of the need for any seed or cavity feedback demonstrates that soliton self-mode conversion is a fundamentally unavoidable, but nevertheless tailorable and hence useful, self-organizing nonlinear optical effect capable of turning noise into transform limited solitons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 27, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1364/oe.424256
Entities
People
- Aku Antikainen
- Havva Begüm Kabagöz
- S. Ramachandran
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Boston University
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Department of Defense