Extreme events in resonant radiation from three-dimensional light bullets

Roger, T., Majus, D., Tamosauskas, G., Panagiotopoulos, P., Kolesik, M., Genty, G., Gražulevičiūtė, I., Dubietis, A. and Faccio, D. (2014) Extreme events in resonant radiation from three-dimensional light bullets. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 90(3), 033816. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.033816)

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Abstract

We report measurements that show extreme events in the statistics of resonant radiation emitted from spatiotemporal light bullets. We trace the origin of these extreme events back to instabilities leading to steep gradients in the temporal profile of the intense light bullet that occur during the initial collapse dynamics. Numerical simulations reproduce the extreme valued statistics of the resonant radiation which are found to be intrinsically linked to the simultaneous occurrence of both temporal and spatial self-focusing dynamics. Small fluctuations in both the input energy and in the spatial phase curvature explain the observed extreme behavior.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Faccio, Professor Daniele
Authors: Roger, T., Majus, D., Tamosauskas, G., Panagiotopoulos, P., Kolesik, M., Genty, G., Gražulevičiūtė, I., Dubietis, A., and Faccio, D.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Publisher:American Physical Society
ISSN:1050-2947
ISSN (Online):1094-1622

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