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Cristian Bonatto1, Michael Feyereisen, Stéphane Barland
1Departament de Fìsica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Experimental observations of rare giant pulses or rogue waves were done in the output intensity of an optically injected semiconductor laser. The long-tailed probability distribution function of the pulse amplitude displays clear non-Gaussian features that confirm the rogue wave character of the intensity pulsations. Simulations of a simple rate equation model show good qualitative agreement with the experiments and provide a framework for understanding the observed extreme amplitude events as the result of a deterministic nonlinear process.
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