Generation of Spatio Temporal Patterns and All Optical Switching Based on Coherently Induced Modulational Instability in Fibers,

Abstract

The appearance of modulational sidebands building up from noise has been reported when an intense cw or quasi-cw propagates in a fiber in the anomalous dispersion regime. The modulation transforms the input wave into a train of pulses with ultra-high repetition rate. This process may be stimulated by seeding incoherently (i.e., by means of a different weak detuned laser) the modulational instability (MI).

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007542

Entities

People

  • S. Trillo
  • S. Wabnitz

Organizations

  • Fondazione Ugo Bordoni

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dispersions
  • Frequency
  • Instability
  • Modulation
  • Optical Switching
  • Repetition Rate
  • Sidebands
  • Switching
  • United Kingdom
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy