Quartic soliton solutions of a normal-dispersion-based mode-locked laser
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We studied the characteristics, regions of existence, and stability of different types of solitons for a distributed model of a mode-locked laser whose dispersion is purely quartic and normal. Among the different types of solitons, we identified three main branches that are named according to their different amplitude: low, medium, and high amplitude solitons. It was found that the first solitons are always unstable while the latter two exist and are stable in relatively large regions of the parameter space. Moreover, the stability regions of medium and high amplitude solitons overlap over a certain range of parameters, manifesting effects of bistability. The energy of high amplitude solitons increases quadratically with their width, whereas the energy of medium amplitude solitons may decrease or increase with the width depending on the parameter region. Furthermore, we have investigated the long term evolution of the continuous-wave solutions under modulational instability, showing that medium amplitude solitons can arise in this scenario. Additionally, we assessed the effects of second- and third-order dispersion on medium and high amplitude solitons and found that both remain stable in the presence of these terms.
Source: Physical Review A
Authors: M. Facão, D. Malheiro, M. I. Carvalho
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1152344396, Instituto de Nanoestruturas, Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, G3244141788, Instituto de Nanoestruturas, Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, INESC TEC – INESC Tecnologia e Ciência, G6280310554, Ondas de Matéria em Redes Moiré, Instituto de Nanoestruturas, Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, G8911869519
OpenAlex ID: W4410028894