Observation of Coexisting Dissipative Solitons in a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Chengying Bao; Wonkeun Chang; Changxi Yang; Nail Akhmediev; Steven T. Cundiff

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.253903

Observation of Coexisting Dissipative Solitons in a Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Chengying Bao, Wonkeun Chang, Changxi Yang, Nail Akhmediev, Steven T. Cundiff

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We show, experimentally and numerically, that a mode-locked fiber laser can operate in a regime where two dissipative soliton solutions coexist and the laser will periodically switch between the solutions. The two dissipative solitons differ in their pulse energy and spectrum. The switching can be controlled by an external perturbation and triggered even when switching does not occur spontaneously. Numerical simulations unveil the importance of the double-minima loss spectrum and nonlinear gain to the switching dynamics.

Original language	English
Article number	253903
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.253903
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2015

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