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Experimental Demonstration of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Recurrence in a Modulationally Unstable Optical Wave

Gaëtan Van Simaeys, Ph. Emplit, Marc Haelterman

Physical Review Letters · 2001 · 234 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Through a detailed spectral analysis of the propagation of square-shaped laser pulses in optical fibers, we provide the experimental demonstration of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence phenomenon in modulationally unstable optical waves ruled by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.

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