Observation of soliton molecules with independently evolving phase in a mode-locked fiber laser
Author
Ortaç, B.
Zaviyalov, A.
Nielsen, C.K.
Egorov O.
Iliew, R.
Limpert J.
Lederer F.
Tünnermann, A.
Date
2010Source Title
Optics Letters
Print ISSN
1469592
Volume
35
Issue
10
Pages
1578 - 1580
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We report the experimental generation of two-soliton molecules in an all-polarization-maintaining ytterbium-doped fiber laser operating in the normal dispersion regime. These molecules exhibit an independently evolving phase and are characterized by a regular spectral modulation pattern with a modulation depth of 80% measured as an averaged value. Moreover, the numerical modeling confirms that the limited modulation depth of the spectrum is caused by the evolution of the phase difference between the pulses. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
Keywords
Modulation depthNormal dispersion
Numerical modeling
Phase difference
Polarization maintaining
Soliton molecules
Spectral modulation
Ytterbium-doped fiber lasers
Fiber lasers
Modulation
Molecules
Solitons
Spectroscopy
Ytterbium
Mode-locked fiber lasers