Turbulent dynamics of an incoherently pumped passive optical fiber cavity: Quasisolitons, dispersive waves, and extreme events

We study numerically and experimentally the dynamics of an incoherently pumped passive optical fiber ring cavity nearby the zero-dispersion wavelength of the fiber. We show that the cavity exhibits a quasisoliton turbulence dynamics, whose properties are controlled by the degree of coherence of the...

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Published in:Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2015-02, Vol.91 (2), Article 023823
Main Authors: Conforti, M., Mussot, A., Fatome, J., Picozzi, A., Pitois, S., Finot, C., Haelterman, M., Kibler, B., Michel, C., Millot, G.
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Language:English
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Physics
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Summary:We study numerically and experimentally the dynamics of an incoherently pumped passive optical fiber ring cavity nearby the zero-dispersion wavelength of the fiber. We show that the cavity exhibits a quasisoliton turbulence dynamics, whose properties are controlled by the degree of coherence of the injected pump wave: As the coherence of the pump is degraded, the cavity exhibits a transition from the quasisoliton condensation regime toward the weakly nonlinear turbulent regime characterized by short-lived rogue wave events. This behavior is reminiscent of the corresponding dynamics obtained in the purely conservative (Hamiltonian) problem. We report experimental results of an all-integrated incoherently pumped fiber cavity that provide some spectral and temporal complementary signatures of the processes predicted numerically.
ISSN:1050-2947
1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.91.023823