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Vortex soliton molecule in a fiber laser
Author(s) -
Yuee Wang,
Han Wu,
Yan-Jie Tan,
Qichang Ma,
Weiyi Hong,
Hu Cui,
ZhiChao Luo,
WenCheng Xu,
AiPing Luo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.388311
Subject(s) - optics , laser , vortex , fiber laser , unobservable , optical vortex , optical fiber , physics , materials science , mathematics , beam (structure) , econometrics , thermodynamics
We report the generation of vortex soliton molecules (VSMs) in a passively mode-locked fiber laser based on a mode selective coupler (MSC). ±1-order VSMs with variable numbers of molecules are observed. By adjusting the polarization state of the light in the cavity, we further demonstrate the process in which one VSM splits to multiple. During this process, the number of the solitons inside the VSM also varies and their separation gradually increases while the spectral modulation being unobservable, and vice versa. The obtained results have potential applications in fields of optical communications, especially in information coding.

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