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Spatio-temporal observation of higher-order modulation instability in a recirculating fiber loop

Optics 2022-07-27 v1

Abstract

We experimentaly investigate higher-order seeded modulation instability in an optical fiber experiment. The recirculating loop configuration with round-trip losses compensation enables the observation in single-shot of the spatio-temporal evolution of an initially modulated continuous field revealing intricate yet deterministic dynamics. By tuning the modulation period, a continuous transition between perfectly coherent and purely noise-driven dynamics is observed that we characterise by means of a statistical study.

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@article{arxiv.2205.03094,
  title  = {Spatio-temporal observation of higher-order modulation instability in a recirculating fiber loop},
  author = {François Copie and Pierre Suret and Stéphane Randoux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.03094},
  year   = {2022}
}
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