Optical rogue waves

D. R. Solli (), C. Ropers, P. Koonath and B. Jalali
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D. R. Solli: University of California
C. Ropers: University of California
P. Koonath: University of California
B. Jalali: University of California

Nature, 2007, vol. 450, issue 7172, 1054-1057

Abstract: Catch a freak wave Mariners have known for centuries that freak, giant waves can appear out of the blue in the ocean. The probability of encountering such a 'rogue' wave was recently found to be much larger than expected from conventional wave-amplitude statistics. In an effort to understand the physics of such events, Solli et al. investigate the concept of optical rogue waves. Using a new real-time detection technique, they study a system — based on a microstructured optical fibre — that exposes extremely steep, large optical waves as rare outcomes from an injection of a population of almost-identical optical pulses. The optical rogue waves arise when random noise perturbs the initially smooth pulses with a certain frequency shift and within a well-defined time window.

Date: 2007
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