Experimental observation of nonsymmetricalN=2 solitons in a femtosecond laser

15 February 1988

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 60 (7), 569-572
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.60.569

Abstract

We report here the first experimental observation of nonsymmetrical N=2 solitonlike pulses. These solitons are produced by a passively mode-locked dye laser. The evolution of the pulse spectrum has been recorded and compared with theoretical predictions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation.

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