Propagation of incoherent “white” light and modulation instability in noninstantaneous nonlinear media

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Hrvoje Buljan
• Author: Antonio Šiber
• Author: Marin Soljačić
• Author: Mordechai Segev
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Physics)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics

Abstract (english)

We develop a theory describing propagation of spatially and temporally incoherent light in noninstantaneous nonlinear media, and predict the existence of modulation instability of “white” light. We find that the modulation instability of white light is fundamentally a collective effect, where all the temporal frequencies participate in the formation of a pattern, and self-adjust their respective contributions.

• Keywords (english): incoherent light; modulation instability; nonlinear media
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Physical Review E
• Numbering: vol. 66, no. 3, 035601(R)
• p-ISSN: 1539-3755
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.035601
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:828681
• Publication: 2002
• Document URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.66.035601
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Public note: Copyright (2002) by the American Physical Society.
• Created on: 2019-10-13 12:23:07