Experimental demonstration of modulation instability in an optical fiber with a periodic dispersion landscape

Opt Lett. 2012 Dec 1;37(23):4832-4. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.004832.

Abstract

We report the experimental demonstration of a modulation instability (MI) process assisted by a periodic dispersion modulation in an optical fiber. We observe the spontaneous growth of more than 10 pairs of MI sidebands spanning over more than 10 THz thanks to a quasi-phase-matched process.