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Symmetry-breaking dynamics of the modulational instability spectrum |
Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 8, pp. 1359-1361 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.001359
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Abstract
We demonstrate in an optical fiber that third-order dispersion yields an unexpected symmetry-breaking dynamics of the modulational instability spectrum. It is found in particular that this spectral asymmetry does not smoothly and monotonically increase when approaching the zero-dispersion wavelength. Instead, it exhibits several local extrema and it can even be reversed at a particular dispersion value. We interpret this behavior as resulting from interactions between dispersive waves and solitons generated from modulation instability.
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OCIS Codes
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 21, 2011
Revised Manuscript: March 11, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: March 11, 2011
Published: April 8, 2011
Citation
M. Droques, B. Barviau, A. Kudlinski, M. Taki, A. Boucon, T. Sylvestre, and A. Mussot, "Symmetry-breaking dynamics of the modulational instability spectrum," Opt. Lett. 36, 1359-1361 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-8-1359
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