Observation of polarization-locked vector solitons in an optical fiber

被引：211

作者：

Cundiff, ST ^{[1
]}

Collings, BC

Akhmediev, NN

Soto-Crespo, JM

Bergman, K

Knox, WH

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[4] AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA

[5] Australian Natl Univ, Ctr Opt Sci, Australian Photon Cooperat Res Ctr, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[6] CSIC, Inst Opt, E-28006 Madrid, Spain

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1999年 / 82卷 / 20期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3988

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We observe polarization-locked vector solitons in a mode-locked fiber laser. Temporal vector solitons have components along both birefringent axes. Despite different phase velocities due to linear birefringence, the relative phase of the components is locked at +/-pi/2. The value of +/-pi/2 and component magnitudes agree with a simple analysis of the Kerr nonlinearity. These fragile phase-locked vector solitons have been the subject of much theoretical conjecture, but have previously eluded experimental observation.

引用

页码：3988 / 3991

页数：4

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