Real-Time Characterization of Period-Doubling Dynamics in Uniform and Dispersion Oscillating Fiber Ring Cavities

Modulational instability in passive optical resonators, the triggering mechanism of frequency comb and pulse train generation, is shown to exhibit transitions between regimes involving period-one (P1) versus period-two (P2) dynamical evolutions. The latter is a signature of parametric resonance occu...

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Main Authors: Florent Bessin, François Copie, Matteo Conforti, Alexandre Kudlinski, Arnaud Mussot, Stefano Trillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.041030