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Observation of modulational instability induced by velocity-matched cross-phase modulation in a normally dispersive bimodal fiber
Guy MillotP. Tchofo DindaMarc HaeltermanStéphane Pitoissubject
PhysicsOptical fiberWave propagationbusiness.industryCross-phase modulationIsotropyAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticslaw.inventionModulational instabilityWavelengthsymbols.namesakeOpticslawsymbolsDispersion (water waves)businessRaman scatteringdescription
We demonstrate experimentally the existence of cross-phase-modulation-induced modulational instability in the absence of group-velocity mismatch between the interacting nonlinear dispersive waves. The experiment is performed by means of a normally dispersive isotropic bimodal fiber. The group-velocity mismatch between the fundamental and the first-order modes that constitute the two interacting waves is controlled by wavelength tuning. A strong power dependence of the modulational instability spectra is observed near the condition of group-velocity matching.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-12 | Optics Letters |