Observation of the optical Peregrine Soliton

International audience; We report the first experimental observation of the optical Peregrine soliton, a novel class of nonlinear localized structure first predicted to exist over 25 years ago. Our results confirm the increasingly important role that experiments in optics play in providing insight into wider areas of nonlinear physics

Higher-order modulation instability in nonlinear fiber optics

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Observation of the optical Peregrine soliton