Optical wave turbulence and the condensation of light

Umberto Bortolozzo; Jason Laurie; Sergey Nazarenko; Stefania Residori

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.26.002280

Optical wave turbulence and the condensation of light

Umberto Bortolozzo
, Jason Laurie
, Sergey Nazarenko
, Stefania Residori

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
University of Warwick

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Abstract

In an optical experiment, we report a wave turbulence regime that, starting with weakly nonlinear waves with randomized phases, shows an inverse cascade of photons toward the lowest wavenumbers. We show that the cascade is induced by a six-wave resonant interaction process and is characterized by increasing nonlinearity. At low wavenumbers the nonlinearity becomes strong and leads to modulational instability developing into solitons, whose number is decreasing farther along the beam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2280-2284
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B
Volume	26
Issue number	12
Early online date	9 Nov 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002280
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2009

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This paper was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America B and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002280. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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