Multiscale spectra of weak optical turbulence in random Kerr media

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Abstract

A broad class of multiscale spectra of weak optical turbulence is found analytically within the kinetic equation describing nonlinear four-wave scattering combined with linear wave scattering in random statistically uniform Kerr media. This is accomplished by using the generalized Kolmogorov locality approach that enables expressing k-space integrals in the kinetic equation for waves by explicit formulas local in k-space.

Authors

  • Vladimir Malkin

    Princeton University

  • Nathaniel Fisch

    Princeton University