Fig. 4: Observation and deterministic switching of symmetry-broken CSs for X = 21.
From: Spontaneous symmetry breaking of dissipative optical solitons in a two-component Kerr resonator
a Slow photodetector signals measured along the two cavity modes when scanning the laser frequency across a resonance. Inset shows an oscilloscope trace when the detuning is locked at Δ = 11.5 (gray dashed vertical line). b–d Space-time diagrams, showing how two CSs with different polarization states evolve from roundtrip-to-roundtrip: (b) E1 component, (c) E2 component, (d) total intensity. A polarization perturbation is applied on the driving field at round trip 1600, and can be seen to enact deterministic switching of a CS from one polarization to the other. e–g Simultaneous and parallel polarization switching of several CSs: (e) E1 component, (f) E2 component, (g) total intensity. The green and magenta triangles highlight polarization increase and decrease perturbations, respectively. The colorbar applies to all (b–g) and the dashed vertical lines in (g) indicate the 2.87 GHz grid defined by the pump phase modulation.
