Modulation instability with high-order dispersion: fundamental limitations of pattern formation
We theoretically and numerically investigate modulation instability in the presence of even, high-order dispersion, focusing on general trends rather than on specific results for a particular dispersion order. We show that high-order dispersion leads to increasingly poor phase matching between the t...
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| Published in: | Optics express Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 8603 - 8613 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
11-03-2024
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| Summary: | We theoretically and numerically investigate modulation instability in the presence of even, high-order dispersion, focusing on general trends rather than on specific results for a particular dispersion order. We show that high-order dispersion leads to increasingly poor phase matching between the three central waves (i.e. the pump and the ±1 sidebands) and the higher sideband orders, inhibiting in effect four-wave mixing frequency generation. For sufficiently large dispersion orders, the problem in effect can reduce to a three-wave system. Our predictions are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations and show that high-order dispersion imposes a fundamental limit on modulation instability dynamics. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 1094-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OE.513666 |