(1 + 1)-Dimensional modulation instability of spatially incoherent light
Publication date
2002
Document type
Research article
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Universität Osnabrück
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Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Periodical volume
19
Periodical issue
3
First page
502
Last page
512
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Nein
Abstract
We present a comprehensive study of the one-dimensional modulation instability of partially spatially incoherent light in noninstantaneous self-focusing media. For this instability to occur, the nonlinearity has to exceed a specific threshold that depends on the coherence properties of the beam. Above this threshold a uniform-intensity partially spatially coherent wave front becomes unstable and breaks up into periodic trains of one-dimensional stripes. © 2002 Optical Society of America.
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