Dissipative Rogue Waves Generated by Chaotic Pulse Bunching in a Mode-Locked Laser

C. Lecaplain, Ph. Grelu, J. M. Soto-Crespo, and N. Akhmediev

Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 233901 – Published 5 June 2012

Abstract

Rare events of extremely high optical intensity are experimentally recorded at the output of a mode-locked fiber laser that operates in a strongly dissipative regime of chaotic multiple-pulse generation. The probability distribution of these intensity fluctuations, which highly depend on the cavity parameters, features a long-tailed distribution. Recorded intensity fluctuations result from the ceaseless relative motion and nonlinear interaction of pulses within a temporally localized multisoliton phase.

Received 14 December 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.233901

Authors & Affiliations

C. Lecaplain¹, Ph. Grelu¹, J. M. Soto-Crespo², and N. Akhmediev³

¹Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, U.M.R. 6303 C.N.R.S., Université de Bourgogne, 9 avenue A. Savary, BP 47870 Dijon Cedex 21078, France
²Instituto de Óptica, C.S.I.C., Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
³Optical Sciences Group, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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Vol. 108, Iss. 23 — 8 June 2012

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