Observation of soliton molecules with independently evolving phase in a mode-locked fiber laser

Date
2010
Authors
Ortaç, B.
Zaviyalov, A.
Nielsen, C.K.
Egorov O.
Iliew, R.
Limpert J.
Lederer F.
Tünnermann, A.
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Source Title
Optics Letters
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1469592
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35
Issue
10
Pages
1578 - 1580
Language
English
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Article
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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.

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Modulation depth, Normal 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
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