Modulation instability, Akhmediev breathers, and rogue waves in nonlinear fiber optics

John M. Dudley; Goëry Genty; Frederic Dias; Bertrand Kibler; Nail Akhmediev

doi:10.1117/12.841317

17 February 2010 Modulation instability, Akhmediev breathers, and rogue waves in nonlinear fiber optics

John M. Dudley, Goëry Genty, Frederic Dias, Bertrand Kibler, Nail Akhmediev

Proceedings Volume 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 758029 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841317
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The development of the supercontinuum spectrum in the quasi-CW regime is studied analytically, numerically and experimentally. An interpretation in terms of localized periodic structures known as "Akhmediev Breathers" is proposed. Theory, numerical simulation and experiment are in excellent agreement. We also briefly consider the role of breather collisions in the presence of higher order dispersion and show that they lead to the formation of very large amplitude localized structures that may be analogous to the infamous oceanic rogue waves.

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John M. Dudley, Goëry Genty, Frederic Dias, Bertrand Kibler, and Nail Akhmediev "Modulation instability, Akhmediev breathers, and rogue waves in nonlinear fiber optics", Proc. SPIE 7580, Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 758029 (17 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841317

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