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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 763-769 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
We investigated experimentally and numerically the spectral control of modulation instability (MI) dynamics via the initial phase relation of two weak seed fields. Specifically, we show how second-order MI dynamics exhibit phase-dependent anti-correlated growth rates of adjacent spectral sidebands. This effect enables a novel method to control MI-based frequency conversion: in contrast to first-order MI dynamics, which exhibit a uniform phase dependence of the growth rates, second-order MI dynamics allow to redistribute the spectral energy, leading to an asymmetric spectrum. Therefore, the presented findings should be very attractive to different applications, such as phase-sensitive amplification or supercontinuum generation initiated by MI.
Keywords
- physics.optics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Vol. 116, No. 3, 09.2014, p. 763-769.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase-dependent spectral control of pulsed modulation instability via dichromatic seed fields
AU - Brinkmann, Maximilian
AU - Kues, Michael
AU - Fallnich, Carsten
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - We investigated experimentally and numerically the spectral control of modulation instability (MI) dynamics via the initial phase relation of two weak seed fields. Specifically, we show how second-order MI dynamics exhibit phase-dependent anti-correlated growth rates of adjacent spectral sidebands. This effect enables a novel method to control MI-based frequency conversion: in contrast to first-order MI dynamics, which exhibit a uniform phase dependence of the growth rates, second-order MI dynamics allow to redistribute the spectral energy, leading to an asymmetric spectrum. Therefore, the presented findings should be very attractive to different applications, such as phase-sensitive amplification or supercontinuum generation initiated by MI.
AB - We investigated experimentally and numerically the spectral control of modulation instability (MI) dynamics via the initial phase relation of two weak seed fields. Specifically, we show how second-order MI dynamics exhibit phase-dependent anti-correlated growth rates of adjacent spectral sidebands. This effect enables a novel method to control MI-based frequency conversion: in contrast to first-order MI dynamics, which exhibit a uniform phase dependence of the growth rates, second-order MI dynamics allow to redistribute the spectral energy, leading to an asymmetric spectrum. Therefore, the presented findings should be very attractive to different applications, such as phase-sensitive amplification or supercontinuum generation initiated by MI.
KW - physics.optics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906789105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00340-013-5759-9
DO - 10.1007/s00340-013-5759-9
M3 - Article
VL - 116
SP - 763
EP - 769
JO - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
JF - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
SN - 0946-2171
IS - 3
ER -