Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides

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Auteurs principaux: Durdu, Gülsüm Yaren, Muda, Azka Maula Iskandar, Teğin, Uğur
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author Durdu, Gülsüm Yaren
Muda, Azka Maula Iskandar
Teğin, Uğur
author_facet Durdu, Gülsüm Yaren
Muda, Azka Maula Iskandar
Teğin, Uğur
contents We explore rogue wave formation in multimode silicon nitride (Si$_3$N$_4$) waveguides with multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation-based simulations. Pure fundamental-mode excitation produces smooth propagation without extreme events, whereas higher-order modes or multimode superpositions yield heavy-tailed statistics with bursts exceeding the $8σ$ threshold. These results reveal that rogue wave generation in integrated waveguides is controlled not only by material properties such as nonlinearity and dispersion but also by modal excitation and intermodal nonlinear interactions. Our results identify modal control as a new degree of freedom for engineering extreme spatiotemporal events on photonic chips, with implications for on-chip supercontinuum generation, frequency combs, and nonlinear wave management.
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spellingShingle Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides
Durdu, Gülsüm Yaren
Muda, Azka Maula Iskandar
Teğin, Uğur
Optics
We explore rogue wave formation in multimode silicon nitride (Si$_3$N$_4$) waveguides with multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation-based simulations. Pure fundamental-mode excitation produces smooth propagation without extreme events, whereas higher-order modes or multimode superpositions yield heavy-tailed statistics with bursts exceeding the $8σ$ threshold. These results reveal that rogue wave generation in integrated waveguides is controlled not only by material properties such as nonlinearity and dispersion but also by modal excitation and intermodal nonlinear interactions. Our results identify modal control as a new degree of freedom for engineering extreme spatiotemporal events on photonic chips, with implications for on-chip supercontinuum generation, frequency combs, and nonlinear wave management.
title Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07082