Spatial Akhmediev breathers and modulation instability growth-decay cycles in a quadratic optical medium

We investigate the spatial nonlinear localization of light on a quasi-plane-wave background with a harmonic perturbation induced by modulation instability in a quadratic nonlinear optical medium. In particular, we demonstrate experimentally the excitation of deterministic Akhmediev breathers and thu...

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Main Authors: Roland Schiek, Fabio Baronio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-12-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.032036