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Imperfect symmetry breaking

Julien FatomeMiro ErkintaloYadong WangGian-luca OppoStéphane CoenBruno GarbinFrançois LeoStuart G. Murdoch

subject

PhysicslawCross-phase modulationSpontaneous symmetry breakingQuantum electrodynamicsLight beamHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentSymmetry breakingElliptical polarizationPolarization (waves)Bose–Einstein condensateBeam (structure)law.invention

description

By considering a nonlinear resonator driven by an elliptically polarized beam, we study experimentally the robustness of spontaneous symmetry breaking to controlled asymmetries. In particular, we reveal that different asymmetries can balance each other.

https://doi.org/10.1364/np.2018.npw2c.7