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AUTHOR
J. Igbonacho
Vibrations and oscillations of tri-soliton molecules in a mode-locked fiber laser
We present numerical simulations highlighting internal oscillations and vibrations within tri-soliton molecules generated by a mode-locked fiber laser. We highlight major qualitative differences as compared to two-soliton molecules.
Dynamics of distorted and undistorted soliton molecules in a mode-locked fiber laser
Recent developments in real-time ultrafast measurement techniques have enabled us to prove experimentally that soliton molecules execute internal motions with some aspects similar to those of a matter molecule. Such an analogy between the dynamics of soliton molecules and the dynamics of matter molecules is based on the assumption that the dissipative solitons constituting a molecule are rigid entities sharing a common profile. Whereas this assumption drastically reduces the number of degrees of freedom, it does not hold true in general and we demonstrate that it overlooks some of the essential dynamical features of the soliton molecule. We present a theoretical study based on the principle…