Non-Gaussian Statistics and Extreme Waves in a Nonlinear Optical Cavity

Year: 2009

Authors: Montina A., Bortolozzo U., Residori S., Arecchi FT.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy; Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, INLN, CNRS, F-06560 Valbonne, France; INOA CNR, I-50125 Florence, Italy.

Abstract: A unidirectional optical oscillator is built by using a liquid crystal light valve that couples a pump beam with the modes of a nearly spherical cavity. For sufficiently high pump intensity, the cavity field presents complex spatiotemporal dynamics, accompanied by the emission of extreme waves and large deviations from the Gaussian statistics. We identify a mechanism of spatial symmetry breaking, due to a hypercycle-type amplification through the nonlocal coupling of the cavity field.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 103 (17)      Pages from: 173901-1  to: 173901-4

More Information: U.B. and S.R. acknowledge the financial support of the ANR-07-BLAN-0246-03, turbonde. A. M. and F. T. A. acknowledge the financial support of Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze under the project dinamiche cerebrali caotiche.
KeyWords: Rogue Waves
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.173901

Citations: 227
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