title: Symmetry-breaking dynamics of the modulational instability spectrum.
abstract: We demonstrate in an optical fiber that third-order dispersion yields an unexpected symmetry-breaking dynamics of the modulational instability spectrum. It is found in particular that this spectral asymmetry does not smoothly and monotonically increase when approaching the zero-dispersion wavelength. Instead, it exhibits several local extrema and it can even be reversed at a particular dispersion value. We interpret this behavior as resulting from interactions between dispersive waves and solitons generated from modulation instability.
authors.affiliation: Université Lille 1, Laboratoire PhLAM, UMR CNRS 8523, IRCICA, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Droques
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barviau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kudlinski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boucon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sylvestre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mussot