title: Self-induced modulational instability laser revisited: normal dispersion and dark-pulse train generation.
abstract: We study theoretically and experimentally the so-called self-induced modulational instability laser and show that the passive mode-locking mechanism that is at play in this laser relies on a dissipative four-wave mixing process that leads to generation of a dark-pulse train in the normal-dispersion regime.
authors.forename: Thibaut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sylvestre
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coen
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Emplit
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haelterman