Nonlinear Optics in Guided Geometries - Abstract

Dudley (Pierre-Ambroise Lacourt), John

Optical rogue wave instabilities: Dynamics and experiments

We examine in detail the dynamics leading to the formation of optical rogue waves in the context of supercontinuum generation in highly nonlinear fibers. We also report on experiments showing that such --statistically rare -- rogue wave events can be observed under different pumping regimes and can be detected using a straightforward direct detection setup.