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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Alves, Nicolas P
• Alves, Wesley F
• Siqueira, André C A
• Matias, Naudson L L
• Gomes, Anderson S L
• Raposo, Ernesto P
• de Miranda, Marcio H G

Titel

Observation of Replica Symmetry Breaking in Standard Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Ist Teil von

• Physical review letters, 2024-03, Vol.132 (9), p.093801-093801, Article 093801

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We report the first experimental demonstration of the replica symmetry breaking (RSB) phenomenon in a fiber laser system supporting standard mode-locking (SML) regime. Though theoretically predicted, this photonic glassy phase remained experimentally undisclosed so far. We employ an ytterbium-based mode-locked fiber laser with a very rich phase diagram. Two phase transitions are observed separating three different regimes: cw, quasi-mode-locking (QML), and SML. The regimes are intrinsically related to the distinct dynamics of intensity fluctuations in the laser spectra. We set the connection between the RSB glassy phase with frustrated modes and onset of L-shaped intensity distributions in the QML regime, which impact directly the replica overlap measure.