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Title

Observation of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fibre laser

Author(s)

Tang, D. Y.;  Man, W. S.;  Tam, H. Y.;  Drummond, P. D.

Abstract

A type of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fibre soliton laser was experimentally observed. The observed bound states of solitons are characterized as being very stable, and have discrete, fixed soliton separations. Comparing the pulse separation of the bound solitons with that of the individual soliton pulse duration, it was shown that the formation of the observed bound solitons is due to a direct interaction between the solitons in the laser.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Physical Review A, Vol. 64, no. 3 (2001), article no. 033814

Publication year

2001

FOR Code(s)

0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics;  0204 Condensed Matter Physics;  0205 Optical Physics

Keyword(s)

Bound state;  Fiber lasers;  Ground state;  Laser mode locking;  Laser optics;  Nonlinear Schrodinger equation;  Optical fibres;  Raman scattering;  Solitons

Publisher

American Physical Society

ISSN

1050-2947

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033814

Copyright

Copyright © 2001 The American Physical Society. Published version of this paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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