Self-imaging dynamics in nonlinear GRIN multimode optical fibers

Authors :: Rocco Crescenzi
Alioune Niang
Mario Zitelli
Vincent Couderc
Fabio Mangini
Tobias Hansson
M. Ferraro
Tigran Mansuryan
Alessandro Tonello
Stefan Wabnitz
Source :: Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Optica Publishing Group, 2020.
Abstract: We study nonlinear self-imaging dynamics in graded-index multimode optical fibers. Side-scattering of light that accompanies the propagation of intense femtosecond pulses permits us to directly measure the self-imaging period.