Mutually ignited soliton explosions in a fiber laser
- 22 August 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 43 (17), 4132-4135
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.43.004132
Abstract
Soliton explosions are among the most intriguing nonlinear dynamics in dissipative systems, manifesting themselves as a self-recovered localized structure when suffering explosive instabilities. Herein, we report on the investigation of soliton explosions in an ultrafast fiber laser operating in the multi-soliton regime. It is demonstrated that explosion of one soliton could be induced by another one through the soliton interactions mediated by the transient gain response of an erbium-doped fiber. We denote this phenomenon as “mutually ignited soliton explosions” when referring to the multi-soliton regime. The results provide the first investigation of soliton explosions in the multi-soliton regime and, therefore, will enhance a more comprehensive understanding of the soliton exploding phenomenon.Keywords
Funding Information
- Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) (CityU T42-103/16-N, E-HKU701/17, HKU 17205215)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61307058, N_HKU712/16)
- GD-HK Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (GHP/050/14GD)
- Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar (2014A030306019)
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