Abstract
Spatial solitons in second-harmonic generation show regular, high-frequency, temporal modulation 1.5-times above threshold. The result is interpreted as the first observation of their temporal modulational instability. Simulations indicate that instability is seeded by quantum noise.
© 2004 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Paolo Di Trapani, Gianluca Arrighi, Jin Yu, Gintaras Valiulis, Stefano Minardi, S.D. Jenkins, and T.A.B. Kennedy
ITuH5 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) 2004
Domenico Salerno, Ottavia Jedrkiewicz, Paolo Di Trapani, Jose Trull, and Gintaras Valiulis
WA7 Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications (NP) 2004
Michaël Delqué, Gil Fanjoux, Fabrice Devaux, Hervé Maillotte, Simon-Pierre Gorza, and Marc Haelterman
NME13 Nonlinear Photonics (NP) 2010