Nonlinear symmetry breaking induced by third-order dispersion in optical fiber cavities

François Leo1, Arnaud Mussot, Pascal Kockaert

  • 1Service OPERA-photonique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue FD Roosevelt, CP 194/5, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. francois.leo@ulb.ac.be

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