Quantitative analysis of the intensity distribution of optical rogue waves

Rácz É, Spasibko K, Manceau M, Ruppert L, Chekhova MV, Filip R (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Communications Physics Springer Nature

Book Volume: 7

Article Number: 119

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01592-y

Abstract

The field of optical rogue waves is a rapidly expanding topic with a focus on explaining their emergence. To complement this research, instead of providing a microscopic model that generates extreme events, we concentrate on a general quantitative description of the observed behavior. We explore two complementary top-down approaches to estimating the exponent describing the power-law decaying distribution of optical rogue waves observed in supercontinuum generated in a single-mode fiber in the normal-dispersion regime by applying a highly fluctuating pump. The two distinct approaches provide consistent results, outperforming the standard Hill estimator. Further analysis of the distributions reveals the breakdown of power-law behavior due to pump depletion and detector saturation. Either of our methods is adaptable to analyze extreme-intensity events from arbitrary experimental data.

Authors with CRIS profile

Maria Chekhova

Involved external institutions

Q.ANT DE Germany (DE) Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (PhLAM) FR France (FR) Palacky University Olomouc / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci CZ Czech Republic (CZ) Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Rácz, É., Spasibko, K., Manceau, M., Ruppert, L., Chekhova, M.V., & Filip, R. (2024). Quantitative analysis of the intensity distribution of optical rogue waves. Communications Physics, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01592-y

MLA:

Rácz, Éva, et al. "Quantitative analysis of the intensity distribution of optical rogue waves." Communications Physics 7.1 (2024).

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