Abstract
We consider an all-optical bump-on-tail instability. For weak nonlinearity, there is momentum transfer with no variation in intensity. Above a threshold, modulations appear. Borrowing plasma language, these represent weak and strong regimes of optical turbulence.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2007 |
Publisher | Optical Society of America |
ISBN (Print) | 1557528470, 9781557528476 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2007 |
Event | Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2007 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: Sep 2 2007 → Sep 2 2007 |
Other
Other | Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2007 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Quebec City |
Period | 9/2/07 → 9/2/07 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Instrumentation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics