Ballistic dispersive shock waves in optical fibers

Javier Nuño (1) , Christophe Finot (1) , Guy Millot (1) , Stefano Trillo (2) , Julien Fatome (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 Engineering Department [Ferrara]

We demonstrate a ballistic dispersive shock wave in optical fibers induced by cross-phase modulation on a CW landscape. The shock is characterized by a total depletion of the central part surrounded by repulsive oscillating fronts.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Javier Nuño, Christophe Finot, Guy Millot, Stefano Trillo, Julien Fatome. Ballistic dispersive shock waves in optical fibers. Nonlinear Photonics, Optical Society of America, Sep 2016, Sydney, Australia. paper JW6A.2 ⟨10.1364/ACOFT.2016.JW6A.2⟩. ⟨hal-01359780⟩