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

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作者
Ortac, Buelend [1 ]
Zaviyalov, Alexandr [2 ]
Nielsen, Carsten K. [1 ,3 ]
Egorov, Oleg [2 ]
Iliew, Rumen [2 ]
Limpert, Jens [1 ]
Lederer, Falk [2 ]
Tuennermann, Andreas [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Univ Jena, Inst Condensed Matter Theory & Solid State Opt, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[3] Univ Aarhus, Dept Phys, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
[4] Fraunhofer Inst Appl Opt & Precis Engn, D-07745 Jena, Germany
关键词
SATURABLE-ABSORBER; GENERATION; PAIRS;
D O I
10.1364/OL.35.001578
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
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. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码:1578 / 1580
页数:3
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