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Fabrication and Characterization of Disordered Polymer Optical Fibers for Transverse Anderson Localization of Light
Published on: July 29, 2013
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
Abstract:
We study analytically, numerically, and experimentally the nonlinear symmetry breaking induced by broken reflection symmetry in an optical fiber system. In particular, we investigate the modulation instability regime and reveal the key role of the third-order dispersion on the asymmetry in the spectrum of the dissipative structures. Our theory explains early observations, and the predictions are in excellent agreement with our experimental findings.
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