Pulsating solitons in mode-locked fibre lasers

  • Junsong Peng
  • , Sonia Boscolo
  • , Nikita Tarasov
  • , Srikanth Sugavanam
  • , Dmitry V. Churkin
  • , Christophe Finot

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Abstract

We report on our direct experimental observation of a new regime of operation of passively mode-locked fibre lasers where the laser oscillator generates pulsating solitons with extreme ratios of maximal to minimal intensities in each period of pulsations. The soliton spectra also experience large periodic broadening and compression. Spatio-temporal intensity and dispersive Fourier-transformation measurements enable us to capture such transient dynamics in real time.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICTON 2017 - 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781538608586
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2017 - Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Duration: 2 Jul 20176 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7339

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2017
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGirona, Catalonia
Period2/07/176/07/17

Keywords

  • dissipative nonlinear systems
  • extreme soliton pulsations
  • mode-locked fibre lasers

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