Phase-matching analysis of four-wave mixing induced by modulation instability in a single-mode fiber

Four-wave mixing induced by modulation instability in a single-mode fiber is analyzed from the phase-matching point of view. For the two-channel transmission, a method is proposed to select the four-wave-mixing-induced sidebands, which is based on the proper use of a continuous-wave and a pulse as light sources. We find that a mass of sidebands are generated in the modulation instability resonance region, and the power of the sideband increases with not only the peak power of the pump pulse but also the continuous-wave power which acts as a seed. The research will provide guidance for fiber communication and sensing systems using wavelength division multiplexing technology.

Effects of walk-off on cross-phase modulation induced modulation instability in an optical fibre with high-order dispersion

This paper investigates the effects of walk-off among optical pulses on cross-phase modulation induced modulation instability in the normal dispersion region of an optical fibre with high-order dispersion. The results indicate that, in the case of high-order dispersion, the walk-off effect takes on new characteristics and will influence considerably the shape, position and especially the number of the spectral regions of the gain spectra of modulation instability. Not only the group-velocity mismatch, but also the difference of the third-order dispersion of two optical waves will alter the gain spectra of modulation instability but in different ways. Depending on the values of the walk-off parameters, the number of the spectral regions may increase from two to at most four, and the spectral shape and position may change too.

Broadband tunable optical amplification based on modulation instability characteristic of high-birefringence photonic crystal fibers

A novel high-birefringence photonic crystal fiber （HB-PCF） with two zero-dispersion wavelengths （ZDWs） is designed, and an extraordinarily high modal birefringence of 1.56×10-2 is obtained at pump wavelength λp=1850nm. With the designed HB-PCF, the effect of the pump parameters on the modulation instability （MI） in the anomalous dispersion region close to the second ZDWs of the HB-PCF is comprehensively studied in this work. A broadband and tunable optical amplification is achieved by controlling the pump power and the pump wavelength based on the combined operation of Raman effect and cross phase modulation. By optimizing the pump parameters, the amplification bandwidth along the fiber slow axis reaches 152 nm for the pump power Pp=280W and the pump wavelength λp=1675nm, while the gain bandwidth along the fiber fast axis is 165 nm for the pump power Pp=600W and the pump wavelength λp=1818nm.

Cross-phase modulation instability in optical fibres with exponential saturable nonlinearity and high-order dispersion

Utilizing the linear-stability analysis, this paper analytically investigates and calculates the condition and gain spectra of cross-phase modulation instability in optical fibres in the ease of exponential saturable nonlinearity and high-order dispersion. The results show that, the modulation instability characteristics here are similar to those of conventional saturable nonlinearity and Kerr nonlinearity. That is to say, when the fourth-order dispersion has the same sign as that of the second-order one, a new gain spectral region called the second one which is far away from the zero point may appear. The existence of the exponential saturable nonlinearity will make the spectral width as well as the peak gain of every spectral region increase with the input powers before decrease. Namely, for every spectral regime, this may lead to a unique value of peak gain and spectral width for two different input powers. In comparison with the case of conventional saturable nonlinearity, however, when the other parameters are the same, the variations of the spectral width and the peak gain with the input powers will be faster in case of exponential saturable nonlinearity.

Ultra-broadband modulation instability gain characteristics in As_2S_3 and As_2Se_3 chalcogenide glass photonic crystal fiber

Based on the designed As2Se3 and As2S3 chalcogenide glass photonic crystal fiber（PCF） and the scalar nonlinear Schrdinger equation,the effects of pump power and wavelength on modulation instability（MI） gain are comprehensively studied in the abnormal dispersion regime of chalcogenide glass PCF.Owing to high Raman effect and high nonlinearity,ultra-broadband MI gain is obtained in chalcogenide glass PCF.By choosing the appropriate pump parameter,the MI gain bandwidth reaches 2738 nm for the As2Se3 glass PCF in the abnormal-dispersion region,while it is 1961 nm for the As2S3 glass PCF.

Modulation Instability of Non-paraxial Beams for Self-Focusing Kerr Media

Propagation stability of non-paraxial beam in nonlinear Kerr media is investigated with a linear stability method. Both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation show that modulation instability (MI) gain spectrum has three different distribution features determined by the times of incident power p0 and the non-paraxial parameter a. Furthermore, the corresponding criterion is put forward to distinguish the three different distributions. Key words non-paraxial beam - modulation instability(MI) - gain spectrum - Kerr media PASC 2001 42.65-k Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 60177020)

Pressure dependent modulation instability in photonic crystal fiber filled with argon gas

By using the designed photonic crystal fiber filled with argon gas, the effect of gas pressure on modulation instability（MI） gain is analyzed in detail. The MI gain bandwidth increases gradually as the argon gas pressure rises from 1 P0 to 400 P0（P0 is one standard atmosphere）, while its gain amplitude slightly decreases. Moreover, the increase of the incident light power also results in the increase of MI gain bandwidth in the Stokes or anti-Stokes region when the incident power increases from 1 W to 200 W. Making use of the optimal parameters including the higher argon gas pressure（400 P0） and the incident light power（200 W）, we finally obtain a 100 nm broadband MI gain. These results indicate that controlling the MI gain characteristic by changing the argon gas pressure in PCF is an effective way when the incident light source is not easy to satisfy the requirement of practical application. This method of controlling MI gain can be used in optical communication and laser shaping.

Impacts of higher-order dispersions and saturable nonlinearities on modulation instability in negative-refractive metamaterials

On the basis of the standard linear stability analysis and Drude electromagnetic model,the impacts of higher-order dispersions and three kinds of typical saturable nonlinearities on modulation instability（MI） have been analyzed and calculated for negative-refractive metamaterials（MMs）.Our results show that the MI gain spectra consist of only one spectral region instead of one or two regions in ordinary materials,which may be close to or far from the zero point.Particularly,the spectrum far from the zero point has a high cut-off frequency but a narrow spectral width,which is obviously beneficial to the generation of high-repetition-rate pulse trains.Moreover,MI characteristics here will vary with the normalized angular frequency which can be modified by adjusting the structures of negative-refractive MMs,signifying the controllability of bistable solitons and MI based applications.The effects of saturable nonlinearities are similar to those in ordinary materials.

Parametric instability in the pure-quartic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We study the nonlinear stage of modulation instability(MI)in the non-intergrable pure-quartic nonlinear Schrödinger equation where the fourth-order dispersion is modulated periodically.Using the three-mode truncation,we reveal the complex recurrence of parametric resonance(PR)breathers,where each recurrence is associated with two oscillation periods(PR period and internal oscillation period).The nonlinear stage of parametric instability admits the maximum energy exchange between the spectrum sidebands and central mode occurring outside the MI gain band.

Modulational instability of a resonantly polariton condensate in discrete lattices

We study modulational instability of a resonantly polariton condensate in a discrete lattice.Employing a discrete gain-saturation model,we derive the dispersion relation for the modulational instability by means of the linear-stability analysis.Effects of the pumping strength,the nonlinearity,the strength of the detuning,and the coupling strength on the modulation instability are investigated.It is found that the interplay between these parameters will dramatically change the modulational instability condition.We believe that the predicted results in this work can be useful for future possible experiment of exciton-polariton condensate in lattices.

Optical solitons and modulation instability analysis of the(1+1)-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equation

This study successfully reveals the dark,singular solitons,periodic wave and singular periodic wave solutions of the(1+1)-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schr?dinger equation by using the extended rational sine-cosine and rational sinh-cosh methods.The modulation instability analysis of the governing model is presented.By using the suitable values of the parameters involved,the 2-,3-dimensional and the contour graphs of some of the reported solutions are plotted.

Modulation instability,rogue waves and conservation laws in higher-order nonlinear Schrodinger equation

In this paper,the modulation instability(MI),rogue waves(RWs)and conseryation laws of the coupled higher-order nonlinear Schrodinger equation are investigated.According to MI and the 2×2 Lax pair,Darboux-dressing transformation with an asymptotic expansion method,the existence and properties of the one-,second-,and third-order RWs for the higher-order nonlinear Schrodinger equation are constructed.In addition,the main characteristics of these solutions are discussed through some graphics,which are draw widespread attention in a variety of complex systems such as optics,Bose-Einstein condensates,capillary fow,superfluidity,fluid dynamics,and finance.In addition,infinitely-many conservation laws are established.

Modulational Instability of Optical Vortices in Engineered Saturable Media

Propagation of light beams in turbid media such as underwater environments,fog,clouds,or biological tissues finds increasingly important applications in science and technology,including bio-imaging,underwater communication,and free-space communication technologies.While many of these applications traditionally relied on conventional,linearly polarized Gaussian beams,light possesses many degrees of freedom that are still largely unexplored,such as spin angular momentum(SAM)and orbital angular momentum(OAM).Here,we present nonlinear light-matter interactions of such complex light beams with"rotational"degrees of freedom in engineered nonlinear colloidal media.By making use of both variational and perturbative approach,we consider non-cylindrical optical vortices,elliptical optical vortices,and higher-order Bessel beams integrated in time(HOBBIT)to predict the dynamics and stability of the evolution of these beams.These results may find applications in many scenarios involving light transmission in strongly scattering environments.

Modulation instability analysis of Rossby waves based on(2+1)-dimensional high-order Schrodinger equation

Modulational instability is an important area of research with important practical and theoretical significance in fluid mechanics,optics,plasma physics,and military and communication engineering.In this paper,using multiscale analysis and a perturbation expansion method,starting from the quasi-geostrophic potential vortex equation,a new(2+1)-dimensional highorder nonlinear Schrodinger equation describing Rossby waves in stratified fluids is obtained.Based on this equation,conditions for the occurrence of modulational instability of Rossby waves are analyzed.Moreover,the effects of factors such as the dimension and order of the equation and the latitude at which Rossby waves occur on modulational instability are discussed.It is found that the(2+1)-dimensional equation provides a good description of the modulational instability of Rossby waves on a plane.The high-order terms affect the modulational instability,and it is found that instability is more likely to occur at high latitudes.

Optimization control of modulation-instability gain in photonic crystal fibres with two zero-dispersion wavelengths

We design three kinds of photonic crystal fibres （PCF） with two zero-dispersion wavelengths （ZDWs） using the improved full vector index method （FVIM） and finite-difference frequency domain （FDFD} techniques. Based on these designed fibres, the effect of fibre structure, pump power and wavelength on the modulation instability （MI） gain in the anomalous dispersion region close to the second ZDW of the PCFs is comprehensively analysed in this paper. The analytical results show that an optimal MI gain can be obtained when the optimal pump wavelength （1530 nm） is slightly shorter than the second ZDW （1538 nm） and the optimal pump power is 250 W. Importantly, the total MI gain bandwidth has been increased to 260 nm for the first time, so far as we know, for an optimally-designed fibre with ∧ = 1.4 nm and d/∧ = 0.676, and the gain profile became much smoother. The optimal pump wavelength relies on the second ZDW of the PCF whereas the optimal pump power depends on the corporate operation of the optimal fibre structure and optimal pump wavelength, which is important in designing the most appropriate PCF to attain higher broadband and gain amplification.

Experimental study on modulational instability and evolution of crescent waves

A series of experiments on the instability of steeP water wave trains in water with finite water depths and infinite water depths in a wide wave basin were performed. It was found that under the coupled development of modulational instability and class-Ⅱ instability, the initial two-dimensional steep wave trains evolved into three＇dimensional crescent waves, followed by the occurrence of disordered water surfaces, and that the wave energy transferred to sidebands in the amplitude spectrum of the water surface elevation. The results also show that water depth has a significant effect on the growth of modulational instability and the evolutiin of crescent waves. The larger the water depth, the more quickly the modulational instability suppresses class-II instability.

Modulational instability of incoherently coupled beams in azobenzene-containing polymer with photoisomerization nonlinearity

The modulational instability of two incoherently coupled beams in azobenzene-containing polymer with photoisomerization nonlinearity is investigated analytically and numerically. Our results show that as a precursor to spatial optical soliton formation, modulational instability can be adjusted and controlled by the wavelength combinations of the signal and background beams. We also discuss the dependences of strength of modulational instability on intensities of two signal beams and background beam. These findings make it possible to predict the formation of incoherently coupled soliton pairs in azobenzene-containing polymer.

Modulational instability of the coupled waves between fast magnetosonic wave and slow Alfvén wave in the laser–plasma interaction

By performing modulational instability analysis of the the nonlinear coupled dimensionless equations between a fast magnetosonic wave(FMSW)propagating obliquely with the magneticfield and a low-frequency slow Alfvén wave(SAW),we obtain the dispersion relation of the perturbation wave.The growth rate of the perturbation wave is obtained.It is found that the growth rate increases as background magnetic field increases,which is in agreement with that reported by Tiwary et al(2016 Phys.Plasmas 23122307).A critical perturbation wave number is found.When the perturbation wave number is greater than or equal to the critical value,the growth rate is positive and it increases as the perturbation wave number increases,while the wave is stable.The maximum growth rate is reached when the frequency of the FMSW is half of the ion cyclotron frequency.The minimum growth rate is reached when the propagation direction of the perturbation wave is the same as that of the FMSW.

Propagation and modulational instability of Rossby waves in stratified fluids

Perturbation analysis and scale expansion are used to derive the(2+1)-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schr¨odinger(CNLS)equations that can describe interactions of two Rossby waves propagating in stratified fluids.The(2+1)-dimensional equations can reflect and describe the wave propagation more intuitively and accurately.The properties of the two waves in the process of propagation can be analyzed by the solution obtained from the equations using the Hirota bilinear method,and the influence factors of modulational instability are analyzed.The results suggest that,when two Rossby waves with slightly different wave numbers propagate in the stratified fluids,the intensity of bright soliton decreases with the increases of dark soliton coefficients.In addition,the size of modulational instable area is related to the amplitude and wave number in y direction.

Propagation dynamics of relativistic electromagnetic solitary wave as well as modulational instability in plasmas

By one-dimensional particle-in-cell(PIC) simulations, the propagation and stability of relativistic electromagnetic(EM) solitary waves as well as modulational instability of plane EM waves are studied in uniform cold electron-ion plasmas.The investigation not only confirms the solitary wave motion characteristics and modulational instability theory, but more importantly, gives the following findings. For a simulation with the plasma density 10^(23) m^(-3) and the dimensionless vector potential amplitude 0.18, it is found that the EM solitary wave can stably propagate when the carrier wave frequency is smaller than 3.83 times of the plasma frequency. While for the carrier wave frequency larger than that, it can excite a very weak Langmuir oscillation, which is an order of magnitude smaller than the transverse electron momentum and may in turn modulate the EM solitary wave and cause the modulational instability, so that the solitary wave begins to deform after a long enough distance propagation. The stable propagation distance before an obvious observation of instability increases(decreases) with the increase of the carrier wave frequency(vector potential amplitude). The study on the plane EM wave shows that a modulational instability may occur and its wavenumber is approximately equal to the modulational wavenumber by Langmuir oscillation and is independent of the carrier wave frequency and the vector potential amplitude.This reveals the role of the Langmuir oscillation excitation in the inducement of modulational instability and also proves the modulational instability of EM solitary wave.