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Temporal dynamics of incoherent waves in noninstantaneous response nonlinear Kerr media
B Kibler1, C Michel, J Garnier
1Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB), CNRS UMR 6303—Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France. bertrand.kibler@u‑bourgogne.fr
Abstract:
We consider the temporal evolution of an incoherent optical wave that propagates in a noninstantaneous response nonlinear medium, such as single mode optical fibers. In contrast with the expected Raman-like spectral redshift due to a delayed nonlinear response, we show that a highly noninstantaneous response leads to a genuine modulational instability of the incoherent optical wave. We derive a Vlasov-like kinetic equation that provides a detailed description of this process of incoherent modulational instability in the temporal domain.
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