Dark solitons, dispersive waves and their collision in an optical fiber

T. Marest (1) , C. Mas Mas Arabí (1) , Matteo Conforti (1) , Arnaud Mussot (1) , C. Milian , D. Skryabin (2) , Alexandre Kudlinski (1)

1 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 Department of Physics [Bath]

We report the experimental observation of dispersive wave emission from gray solitons in an optical fiber. We also observed the nonlinear wave mixing occurring during the collision of a dark soliton and a linear wave.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Formation de Structures et Solitons [nlin.PS]

T. Marest, C. Mas Mas Arabí, Matteo Conforti, Arnaud Mussot, C. Milian, et al.. Dark solitons, dispersive waves and their collision in an optical fiber. Nonlinear Photonics, Jul 2018, Zurich, France. NpW4C.3, ⟨10.1364/NP.2018.NpW4C.3⟩. ⟨hal-02393083⟩