Experimental observation of discrete modulational instability

被引:121
作者
Meier, J [1 ]
Stegeman, GI
Christodoulides, DN
Silberberg, Y
Morandotti, R
Yang, H
Salamo, G
Sorel, M
Aitchison, JS
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Sch Opt, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Phys Complex Syst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
[3] Univ Quebec, Inst Natl Rech Sci, Varennes, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada
[4] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[5] Univ Glasgow, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[6] Univ Toronto, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.163902
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report the first experimental observation of modulation instability in a discrete optical nonlinear array.
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页码:163902 / 1
页数:4
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