Peregrine soliton generation and breakup in standard telecommunications fiber

Kamal Hammani (1) , Bertrand Kibler (1) , Christophe Finot (1) , Philippe Morin (1) , Julien Fatome (2) , John M. Dudley (3) , Guy Millot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 SLCO
3 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

We present experimental and numerical results showing the generation and breakup of the Peregrine soliton in standard telecommunications fiber. The impact of non-ideal initial conditions is studied through direct cut back measurements of the longitudinal evolution of the emerging soliton dynamics, and is shown to be associated with the splitting of the Peregrine soliton into two subpulses, with each subpulse itself exhibiting Peregrine soliton characteristics. Experimental results are in good agreement with simulations.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Kamal Hammani, Bertrand Kibler, Christophe Finot, Philippe Morin, Julien Fatome, et al.. Peregrine soliton generation and breakup in standard telecommunications fiber. Optics Letters, 2011, 36 (2), pp.112-114. ⟨10.1364/OL.36.000112⟩. ⟨hal-00542997⟩