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On the possibility of observing bound soliton pairs in a wave-breaking-free mode-locked fiber laser
Philippe GreluC. ChedotGilles MartelBülend OrtaçV. ReglierAmmar Hideursubject
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]YtterbiumPhysics::Opticschemistry.chemical_element01 natural scienceslaw.invention010309 opticsOpticslawFiber laser0103 physical sciences010306 general physicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSPhysics[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics][ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Computer simulationbusiness.industryNonlinear opticsLaserAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsPulse (physics)chemistryMode-lockingSolitonbusinessdescription
On the basis of numerical simulations, we explain the formation of the stable bound soliton pairs that were experimentally reported in a high-power mode-locked ytterbium fiber laser [Opt. Express 14, 6075 (2006)], in a regime where wave-breaking-free operation is expected. A fully vectorial model allows one to rigorously reproduce the nonmonotonic nature for the nonlinear polarization effect that generally limits the power scalability of a single-pulse self-similar regime. Simulations show that a self-similar regime is not fully obtained, although positive linear chirps and parabolic spectra are always reported. As a consequence, nonvanishing pulse tails allow distant stable binding of highly-chirped pulses.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2007-01-01 | Optics Letters |