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Modulational instability of partially coherent signals in electrical transmission lines

Optics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present an investigation of the modulational instability of partially coherent signals in electrical transmission lines. Starting from the modified Ginzburg-Landau equations and the Wigner-Moyal representation, we derive a nonlinear dispersion relation for the modulational instability. It is found that the effect of signal broadbandness reduces the growth rate of the modulational instability.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0604041,
  title  = {Modulational instability of partially coherent signals in electrical transmission lines},
  author = {M. Marklund and P. K. Shukla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604041},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Physical Review E