Experimental observation of the spontaneous breaking of the time-reversal symmetry in a synchronously pumped passive Kerr resonator

Optics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3492-3495

  Xu, Yiqing ^a   Coen, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUMPS; RESONATORS;

CENTER FREQUENCY; OUTPUT PULSE; OUTPUT STATE; PUMP POWER; PUMPING CONDITION; SPECTRAL INTENSITY; TEMPORAL SYMMETRY BREAKING; TIME REVERSAL SYMMETRIES;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84902687634     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.003492     Document Type: Article

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