Observation of period-doubling dynamics of modulation instability in uniform and dispersion oscillating fiber-ring cavities

François Copie (1) , Florent Bessin (1) , Matteo Conforti (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (1) , Stefano Trillo (2) , Arnaud Mussot (1)

1 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523
2 Engineering Department [Ferrara]

We provide a direct observation of a period-doubling phenomenon associated to the modulation instability in both uniform and dispersion oscillating passive fiber ring cavities. This has been done by performing roundtrip-to-roundtrip measurements of the temporal pattern generated through the instability.

Mots clés: Instabilities and Chaos; Resonators; fibers; Nonlinear optics

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

François Copie, Florent Bessin, Matteo Conforti, Alexandre Kudlinski, Stefano Trillo, et al.. Observation of period-doubling dynamics of modulation instability in uniform and dispersion oscillating fiber-ring cavities. Nonlinear Photonics, Jul 2018, Zurich, Switzerland. NpW1C.4, ⟨10.1364/NP.2018.NpW1C.4⟩. ⟨hal-02393201⟩