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Anti-dark soliton complexes in a fiber laser

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Soliton molecules, referred to as closely bounded solitons, have recently attracted considerable interest in both fundamental nonlinear physics research and refreshed application promises. To date, extensive efforts have been made on the generation of quadratic soliton molecules. These are soliton molecules whose formation exclusively involves second-order dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate the realization of various third-order dispersion-supported soliton molecules, including vector dark–anti-dark solitons, vector anti-dark solitons, and vector anti-dark soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with net cavity dispersion near the zero-group-velocity-dispersion point. High-order dispersion could greatly alter the internal soliton interaction within a soliton molecule. This finding could open exciting new avenues in soliton research.

Source: Advanced Photonics

DOI: 10.1117/1.ap.6.6.066005

Authors: Xiao Hu, Jun Guo, Guangwei Hu, Seongwoo Yoo, Dingyuan Tang

Institutions: Nanyang Technological University, Shenzhen Technology University, Jiangsu Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Shenzhen Technology University, Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Awards: G3807418471, G8030815513