Regular modes in a mixed-dynamics-based optical fiber

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A multimode optical fiber with a truncated transverse cross section acts as a powerful versatile support to investigate the wave features of complex ray dynamics. In this paper, we concentrate on the case of a geometry inducing mixed dynamics. We highlight that regular modes associated to stable periodic orbits present an enhanced spatial intensity localization. We report the statistics of the Inverse Participation Ratio whose features are analogous to those of Anderson localized modes. Our study is supported both by numerical and experimental results on the spatial localization and spectral regularity of the regular modes.

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