Observation of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fiber laser

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作者
Tang, DY [1 ]
Man, WS
Tam, HY
Drummond, PD
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 2263, Singapore
[2] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Queensland, Dept Phys, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2001年 / 64卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.64.033814
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on an experimental observation of bound states of solitons in a passively mode-locked fiber soliton ring laser. The observed bound solitons are stable and have discrete, fixed soliton separations that are independent of the experimental conditions.
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