Modulational instability of few-cycle pulses in optical fibers

Modulational instability in nonlinearity-managed optical media

Martin Centurion, Mason A. Porter, Ye Pu, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, and Demetri Psaltis Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, 85748 Garching, Germany Department of Physics and Center for the Physics of Information, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 911...

Role of polarization mode dispersion on modulational instability in optical fibers.

We introduce the theory of modulational instability (MI) of electromagnetic waves in fibers with random polarization mode dispersion. Applying a linear stability analysis and stochastic calculus, we show that the MI gain spectrum reads as the maximal eigenvalue of a constant effective matrix. In the limiting cases of small or large fluctuations, we give explicit expressions for the MI gain spec...

Vector modulational instability induced by parametric resonance in periodically tapered highly birefringent optical fibers

Subpicosecond-pulse generation through cross-phase-modulation-induced modulational instability in optical fibers.

We report subpicosecond-pulse generation at 1.319 microm in a single-mode optical fiber by modulational instability induced through cross-phase modulation by 1.06-microm pulses propagating in the normal dispersion regime. Pulse-repetition rates approaching 300 GHz were achieved.

Flaticon pulses in optical fibers

We experimentally investigate the nonlinear reshaping of a continuous wave which leads to chirp-free and flat-top intense pulses or flaticons exhibiting strong temporal oscillations at their edges and a stable self-similar expansion upon propagation of their central region. OCIS codes: (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;