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Real-Time Observation of Internal Motion within Ultrafast Dissipative Optical Soliton Molecules

Katarzyna Krupa, K. Nithyanandan, Ugo Andral, Patrice Tchofo-Dinda, and Philippe Grelu
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 243901 – Published 13 June 2017
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Abstract

Real-time access to the internal ultrafast dynamics of complex dissipative optical systems opens new explorations of pulse-pulse interactions and dynamic patterns. We present the first direct experimental evidence of the internal motion of a dissipative optical soliton molecule generated in a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. We map the internal motion of a soliton pair molecule by using a dispersive Fourier-transform imaging technique, revealing different categories of internal pulsations, including vibrationlike and phase drifting dynamics. Our experiments agree well with numerical predictions and bring insights to the analogy between self-organized states of lights and states of the matter.

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  • Received 5 February 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.243901

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Atomic, Molecular & Optical

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Coupled Solitons Jiggle Like Molecules

Published 13 June 2017

Pairs of solitons traveling in an optical fiber behave like a vibrating molecule.

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Katarzyna Krupa*, K. Nithyanandan, Ugo Andral, Patrice Tchofo-Dinda, and Philippe Grelu

  • Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, U.M.R. 6303 C.N.R.S., Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, F-21078 Dijon, France

  • *katarzyna.krupa@u-bourgogne.fr
  • philippe.grelu@u-bourgogne.fr

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Vol. 118, Iss. 24 — 16 June 2017

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