%0 Journal Article %1 PhysRevLett.117.183902 %A Pierangeli, D. %A Di Mei, F. %A Di Domenico, G. %A Agranat, A. J. %A Conti, C. %A DelRe, E. %D 2016 %I American Physical Society %J Phys. Rev. Lett. %K myown %N 18 %P 183902 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.183902 %T Turbulent Transitions in Optical Wave Propagation %U http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.183902 %V 117 %X We report the direct observation of the onset of turbulence in propagating one-dimensional optical waves. The transition occurs as the disordered hosting material passes from being linear to one with extreme nonlinearity. As the response grows, increased wave interaction causes a modulational unstable quasihomogeneous flow to be superseded by a chaotic and spatially incoherent one. Statistical analysis of high-resolution wave behavior in the turbulent regime unveils the emergence of concomitant rogue waves. The transition, observed in a photorefractive ferroelectric crystal, introduces a new and rich experimental setting for the study of optical wave turbulence and information transport in conditions dominated by large fluctuations and extreme nonlinearity.

@article{PhysRevLett.117.183902, abstract = {We report the direct observation of the onset of turbulence in propagating one-dimensional optical waves. The transition occurs as the disordered hosting material passes from being linear to one with extreme nonlinearity. As the response grows, increased wave interaction causes a modulational unstable quasihomogeneous flow to be superseded by a chaotic and spatially incoherent one. Statistical analysis of high-resolution wave behavior in the turbulent regime unveils the emergence of concomitant rogue waves. The transition, observed in a photorefractive ferroelectric crystal, introduces a new and rich experimental setting for the study of optical wave turbulence and information transport in conditions dominated by large fluctuations and extreme nonlinearity.}, added-at = {2016-10-30T10:54:46.000+0100}, author = {Pierangeli, D. and Di Mei, F. and Di Domenico, G. and Agranat, A. J. and Conti, C. and DelRe, E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f71955be805b3d55397cda6b6bf9b167/nonlinearxwaves}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.183902}, interhash = {7cf82b6bbdc72f09d69a9572bb7dbaa9}, intrahash = {f71955be805b3d55397cda6b6bf9b167}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, keywords = {myown}, month = oct, number = 18, numpages = {6}, pages = 183902, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2016-10-30T10:55:11.000+0100}, title = {Turbulent Transitions in Optical Wave Propagation}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.183902}, volume = 117, year = 2016 }