Optical rogue-wave-like extreme value fluctuations in fiber Raman amplifiers

Opt Express. 2008 Oct 13;16(21):16467-74. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.016467.

Abstract

We report experimental observation and characterization of rogue wave-like extreme value statistics arising from pump-signal noise transfer in a fiber Raman amplifier. Specifically, by exploiting Raman amplification with an incoherent pump, the amplified signal is shown to develop a series of temporal intensity spikes whose peak power follows a power-law probability distribution. The results are interpreted using a numerical model of the Raman gain process using coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations, and the numerical model predicts results in good agreement with experiment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amplifiers, Electronic*
  • Artifacts*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Oscillometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / instrumentation*