Abstract

We investigate modulational instability in normally dispersive highly birefringent fibers. By means of a technique based on a two-frequency pump field we are able to provide evidence for strong nonlinear dependence of the modulational instability spectra. This dependence manifests itself by the appearance of a nonlinear spectral gap in which modulational instability vanishes.

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Multiple four-wave mixing–induced modulational instability in highly birefringent fibers

G. Millot
Opt. Lett. 26(18) 1391-1393 (2001)

Cross-phase modulational instability induced by Raman scattering in highly birefringent fiber

Foued Amrani, Bertrand Kibler, Philippe Grelu, Stefan Wabnitz, Stefano Trillo, and Guy Millot
Opt. Lett. 38(24) 5327-5330 (2013)

Observation of modulational instability induced by velocity-matched cross-phase modulation in a normally dispersive bimodal fiber

G. Millot, S. Pitois, P. Tchofo Dinda, and M. Haelterman
Opt. Lett. 22(22) 1686-1688 (1997)

Buildup of terahertz vector dark-soliton trains from induced modulation instability in highly birefringent optical fiber

E. Seve, G. Millot, and S. Wabnitz
Opt. Lett. 23(23) 1829-1831 (1998)

Suppression of sideband frequency shifts in the modulational instability spectra of wave propagation in optical fiber systems

A. Labruyere, S. Ambomo, C. M. Ngabireng, P. Tchofo Dinda, K. Nakkeeran, and K. Porsezian
Opt. Lett. 32(10) 1287-1289 (2007)