Dynamic trapping of a polarization rotation vector soliton in a fiber laser

被引:79
作者
Liu, Meng [1 ,2 ]
Luo, Ai-Ping [1 ,2 ]
Luo, Zhi-Chao [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Xu, Wen-Cheng [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] South China Normal Univ, Guangzhou Key Lab Special Fiber Photon Devices &, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] South China Normal Univ, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Nanophoton Funct Mat & Dev, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[3] South China Normal Univ, Guangdong Prov Engn Technol Res Ctr Microstruct F, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[4] Shenzhen Univ, Key Lab Optoelect Devices & Syst, Minist Educ & Guangdong Prov, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL-FIBERS; ROGUE WAVES; DISPERSION; EXPLOSIONS; RESONANCE; CAVITY; AMPLITUDES; STABILITY; RANGE;
D O I
10.1364/OL.42.000330
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Ultrafast fiber laser, as a dissipative nonlinear optical system, plays an important role in investigating various nonlinear phenomena and soliton dynamics. Vector features of solitons, including polarization locked and polarization rotation vector solitons (PRVSs), are interesting nonlinear dynamics in ultrafast fiber lasers. Herein, we experimentally reveal the trapping characteristics of PRVSs for the first time, to the best of our best knowledge. We show that, for the conventional soliton trapping in the ultrafast fiber laser, the soliton central wavelengths of the two polarization components are constant at the laser output port. However, it is found that the dynamic trapping can be observed for the PRVS. That is, the peak frequencies along the two orthogonal polarization directions are dynamically alternating, depending on the relative intensities of the two polarization components. The obtained results would further unveil the physical mechanism of PRVSs. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America
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页码:330 / 333
页数:4
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