We show that inducing modulation instability with a weak modulation whose frequency is such that its second harmonic falls within the band of instability may lead to asynchronous Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence and efficient transfer of power from the pump into the second harmonic of the modulation, resulting in a periodic modulation at the second harmonic with extinction ratios in excess of 30 dB.

Efficient modulation frequency doubling by induced modulation instability / Wabnitz, Stefan; N., Akhmediev. - In: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0030-4018. - 283:6(2010), pp. 1152-1154.

Efficient modulation frequency doubling by induced modulation instability

WABNITZ, Stefan;
2010

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We show that inducing modulation instability with a weak modulation whose frequency is such that its second harmonic falls within the band of instability may lead to asynchronous Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence and efficient transfer of power from the pump into the second harmonic of the modulation, resulting in a periodic modulation at the second harmonic with extinction ratios in excess of 30 dB.
2010
Extinction ratios; induced modulation instability; modulation frequencies
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Efficient modulation frequency doubling by induced modulation instability / Wabnitz, Stefan; N., Akhmediev. - In: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0030-4018. - 283:6(2010), pp. 1152-1154.
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