title: Brillouin scattering-induced rogue waves in self-pulsing fiber lasers.
abstract: We report the experimental observation of extreme instabilities in a self-pulsing fiber laser under the influence of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). Specifically, we observe temporally localized structures with high intensities that can be referred to as rogue events through their statistical behaviour with highly-skewed intensity distributions. The emergence of these SBS-induced rogue waves is attributed to the interplay between laser operation and resonant Stokes orders. As this behaviour is not accounted for by existing models, we also present numerical simulations showing that such instabilities can be observed in chaotic laser operation. This study opens up new possibilities towards harnessing extreme events in highly-dissipative systems through adapted laser cavity configurations.
authors.affiliation: CORIA UMR 6614, Normandie Université, CNRS-INSA-Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Henry
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hanzard
authors.affiliation: CORIA UMR 6614, Normandie Université, CNRS-INSA-Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talbi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electronique Quantique, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie H. Boumediene, Algeria.
authors.forename: Djouher
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mallek
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Electronique Quantique, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie H. Boumediene, Algeria.
authors.forename: Abdelhamid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kellou
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photonique d'Angers EA 4464, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leblond
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photonique d'Angers EA 4464, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: CORIA UMR 6614, Normandie Université, CNRS-INSA-Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Godin
authors.affiliation: CORIA UMR 6614, Normandie Université, CNRS-INSA-Université de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hideur