Author:
Vanderhaegen Guillaume,Szriftgiser Pascal,Kudlinski Alexandre,Armaroli Andrea,Conforti Matteo,Mussot Arnaud,Trillo Stefano
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally the influence of forcing on the nonlinear stage of modulational instability in standard optical fibers. Weak linear amplification via Raman gain is tuned to characterize the separatrix crossing behavior between successive recurrences.