Full-field characterization of breather dynamics over the whole length of an optical fiber

Corentin Naveau , Pascal Szriftgiser (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (1) , Matteo Conforti (2) , Stefano Trillo (3) , Arnaud Mussot (1)

1 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 Dipartimento di Ingegneria de l'Informazione
3 Department of Engineering

Full-field longitudinal characterization of picosecond pulse train formation in optical fibers is reported. The spatio-temporal evolution is obtained via fast and non-invasive distributed measurements in phase and intensity of the main spectral components of the pulses. To illustrate the performance of the setup, we report the first time-domain experimental observation of the symmetry breaking of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrences. Experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Optique / photonique; Science non linéaire [physics]

Corentin Naveau, Pascal Szriftgiser, Alexandre Kudlinski, Matteo Conforti, Stefano Trillo, et al.. Full-field characterization of breather dynamics over the whole length of an optical fiber. Optics Letters, 2019, 44 (4), pp.763. ⟨10.1364/OL.44.000763⟩. ⟨hal-02384566⟩