Title :
Observation of a temporal symmetry breaking instability in a synchronously-pumped passive fibre ring cavity
Author :
Xu, Yiqing ; Coen, Stéphane
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
With an optical fibre ring cavity, we observe experimentally a spontaneous temporal symmetry breaking. Intracavity pulses acquire a completely asymmetric profile, with a peak strongly off-centre with respect to the symmetric pump pulses.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; ring lasers; asymmetric profile; intracavity pulses; spontaneous temporal symmetry breaking; symmetric pump pulses; synchronously-pumped passive optical fibre ring cavity; Cavity resonators; Couplers; Optical bistability; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194029
