Keyword

modulational instability

Description: A nonlinear wave phenomenon in which small perturbations to a wave train grow, occurring in systems such as water waves, optical fibers, and plasmas.

Primary topic: Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (37%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q17104082

OpenAlex ID: keywords/modulational-instability

Physical mechanisms of the rogue wave phenomenon

2003 · Christian Kharif, Efim Pelinovsky · European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids · 1,127

Modulation instability and periodic solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

1986 · N. N. Akhmediev, V. I. Korneev · Theoretical and Mathematical Physics · 908

Modulation instability: The beginning

2008 · V.E. Zakharov, L.A. Ostrovsky · Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena · 860

Observation of modulational instability in optical fibers

1986 · K. Tai, A. Hasegawa, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 857

Parametric instabilities of electromagnetic waves in plasmas

1974 · J. F. Drake, P. K. Kaw, et al. · The Physics of Fluids · 828

Characteristic sideband instability of periodically amplified average soliton

1992 · S.M.J. Kelly · Electronics Letters · 765

Theoretical description of transient stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers

1989 · K.J. Blow, D. Wood · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 722

Self-Modulation and Self-Focusing of Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas

1974 · Claire Ellen Max, Jonathan Arons, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 601

Nonlinear pulse propagation in birefringent optical fibers

1987 · C. Menyuk · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 591

Modulation instability, Akhmediev Breathers and continuous wave supercontinuum generation

2009 · J. M. Dudley, G. Genty, et al. · Optics Express · 557

On the modulational instability of hydromagnetic waves parallel to the magnetic field

1976 · Einar Mjølhus · Journal of Plasma Physics · 530

Modulation instability induced by cross-phase modulation

1987 · Govind P. Agrawal · Physical Review Letters · 525

Relativistic nonlinear effects in plasmas

1986 · P Shukla · Physics Reports · 490

Optical solitons due to quadratic nonlinearities: from basic physics to futuristic applications

2002 · A Buryak · Physics Reports · 478

Stability analysis of the spatiotemporal Lugiato-Lefever model for Kerr optical frequency combs in the anomalous and normal dispersion regimes

2014 · Cyril Godey, Irina V. Balakireva, et al. · Physical Review A · 471

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Self-focusing and transverse instabilities of solitary waves

2000 · Yuri S. Kivshar, Dmitry E. Pelinovsky · Physics Reports · 464

Modulational instabilities in discrete lattices

1992 · Yuri S. Kivshar, Michel Peyrard · Physical Review A · 462

Theory of Nonlinear Matter Waves in Optical Lattices

2004 · V. A. BRAZHNYI, V. V. KONOTOP · Modern Physics Letters B · 449

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Strong turbulence of plasma waves

1984 · Martin V. Goldman · Reviews of Modern Physics · 437

Nonlinear Dynamics of Deep-Water Gravity Waves

1982 · Henry C. Yuen, Bruce M. Lake · Advances in applied mechanics · 432

Generation of a train of soliton pulses by induced modulational instability in optical fibers

1984 · Akira Hasegawa · Optics Letters · 429

The Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

2009 · Panayotis G. Kevrekidis · Springer tracts in modern physics · 428

Modulational instability, solitons and beam propagation in spatially nonlocal nonlinear media

2004 · W Królikowski, O Bang, et al. · Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics · 421

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Modulational instability in nonlocal nonlinear Kerr media

2001 · Wieslaw Krolikowski, Ole Bang, et al. · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 417

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Self-Trapping and Instability of Hydromagnetic Waves Along the Magnetic Field in a Cold Plasma

1968 · T. Taniuti, H. Washimi · Physical Review Letters · 405

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