Open AccessRains of solitons in a fiber laser
Author(s) -
Souad Chouli,
Philippe Grelu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.011776
Subject(s) - optics , fiber laser , soliton , laser , physics , optical fiber , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , fiber , materials science , quantum mechanics , composite material
We report a novel and intriguing nonlinear dynamics observed in a fiber laser cavity, in which soliton pulses are created from an extended noisy background and drift until they reach a condensed phase comprising several tens of aggregated solitons. This soliton flow can be adjusted with manual cavity tuning, and can even be triggered by the injection of an external low-power cw laser.