title: Rogue-wave-like statistics in ultrafast white-light continuum generation in sapphire.
abstract: We experimentally study the statistics of the white-light continuum generated by focusing of 130 fs, 800 nm pulses in a sapphire plate and show that the statistical distributions of the spectral intensity of the blue-shifted continuum components obey the extreme-value statistics. This rogue-wave-like behavior is detected only within a narrow input-pulse energy interval. By the use of numerical simulations, we show that the observed rogue-wave-like behavior is associated with pulse splitting and build-up of intense trailing pulse. The extreme events are thereafter suppressed by the intensity clamping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Quantum Electronics, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Ave. 9, bldg. 3, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Majus
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jukna
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pileckis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valiulis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubietis