On the role of dispersion in externally driven nonlinear optical resonators: an experimental study

Summary form only given. Externally driven nonlinear optical resonators constitute a wide class of devices of considerable interest from both fundamental and applied points of view. They can be found in practice as the basic elements of a large number of devices such as additive pulse modelocked (APM) lasers, fiber Raman lasers, modulational instability lasers, and optical parametric oscillators. In our communication, we present an experimental study on the role of chromatic dispersion in the feedback mechanism that is at the origin of the basic dynamical features of such resonators.