Dissipative solitons are well known as representative nonlinear localized wave packets
resulting from the composite balance of dispersion, nonlinearity, gain and loss in optical …

Temporal cavity solitons are optical pulses that can persist in passive resonators, such as
microresonators and fiber-based resonators. They can preserve their shape and energy …

Symmetry breaking of light states is of interest for the understanding of nonlinear optics,
photonic circuits, telecom applications and optical pulse generation. Here we demonstrate …

Within optical microresonators, the Kerr interaction of photons can lead to symmetry
breaking of optical modes. In a ring resonator, this leads to the interesting effect that light …

Spontaneous symmetry breaking of a pair of vector temporal cavity solitons has been
established as a paradigm to modulate optical frequency combs, and finds many …

We investigate experimentally and theoretically a system ruled by an intricate interplay
between topology, nonlinearity, and spontaneous symmetry breaking. The experiment is …

Ring cavities are quickly emerging as preferential platforms to investigate spontaneous
symmetry breaking. However, research on handedness polarisation splitting within Kerr …

We characterize the formation of robust stationary states formed by light plateaus separated
by two local switching fronts in only one of two counterpropagating fields in ring resonators …

Real-time characterization of microresonator dynamics is important for many applications. In
particular, it is critical for near-field sensing and understanding light–matter interactions …

Long-range interactions between dark vectorial temporal cavity solitons are induced by the
formation of patterns via spontaneous symmetry breaking of orthogonally polarized fields in …