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Real-time measurements of spontaneous breathers and rogue wave events in optical fibre modulation instability

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  • Mikko Närhi

    (Tampere University of Technology, Optics Laboratory)

  • Benjamin Wetzel

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre EMT, Université du Québec
    School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex)

  • Cyril Billet

    (Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR 6174)

  • Shanti Toenger

    (Tampere University of Technology, Optics Laboratory
    Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR 6174)

  • Thibaut Sylvestre

    (Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR 6174)

  • Jean-Marc Merolla

    (Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR 6174)

  • Roberto Morandotti

    (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre EMT, Université du Québec
    Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics)

  • Frederic Dias

    (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin)

  • Goëry Genty

    (Tampere University of Technology, Optics Laboratory)

  • John M. Dudley

    (Institut FEMTO-ST, CNRS Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté UMR 6174)

Abstract

Modulation instability is a fundamental process of nonlinear science, leading to the unstable breakup of a constant amplitude solution of a physical system. There has been particular interest in studying modulation instability in the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation, a generic model for a host of nonlinear systems including superfluids, fibre optics, plasmas and Bose–Einstein condensates. Modulation instability is also a significant area of study in the context of understanding the emergence of high amplitude events that satisfy rogue wave statistical criteria. Here, exploiting advances in ultrafast optical metrology, we perform real-time measurements in an optical fibre system of the unstable breakup of a continuous wave field, simultaneously characterizing emergent modulation instability breather pulses and their associated statistics. Our results allow quantitative comparison between experiment, modelling and theory, and are expected to open new perspectives on studies of instability dynamics in physics.

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  • Mikko Närhi & Benjamin Wetzel & Cyril Billet & Shanti Toenger & Thibaut Sylvestre & Jean-Marc Merolla & Roberto Morandotti & Frederic Dias & Goëry Genty & John M. Dudley, 2016. "Real-time measurements of spontaneous breathers and rogue wave events in optical fibre modulation instability," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13675
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13675
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