Abstract
We investigate theoretically and experimentally basic nonlinear effects such as soliton propagation or modulation instability in what we called topographic optical fibers. We show that in these fibers which parameters are longitudinally modulated over a scale of a few meters, new dynamics are observed. As a consequence it adds a new degree of freedom in nonlinear optics and allows to experimentally explore original phenomena.
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