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Dynamics of the transition from polarization disorder to antiphase polarization domains in vector fiber lasers
Caroline LecaplainPhilippe GreluStefan Wabnitzsubject
PhysicsKerr effectPolarization rotatorring lasersCondensed matter physicsOrthogonal polarization spectral imagingbusiness.industryRing laserLaminar flowFiber lasers; ring lasers; solitonsPolarization (waves)Atomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsFiber lasersOpticsDuty cycleFiber lasersolitonsbusinessdescription
We demonstrate that nonlinear polarization coupling in a fiber ring laser without polarization-selective elements, subject to the effects of average anomalous dispersion, Kerr effect, and nonlinear gain saturation, can lead to the antisynchronization of spatiotemporal chaos into a wide variety of ordered laminar states of orthogonal polarization temporal domains. These antiphase polarization domains include stable lattices of soliton trains with high duty cycle at repetition rates of hundreds of MHz, as well as sparse trains of coupled dark and bright solitary waves.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-16 |