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Article Dans Une Revue Optics Letters Année : 2012

Impact of slow gain dynamics on soliton molecules in mode-locked fiber lasers

Alexandr Zaviyalov
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Falk Lederer
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We theoretically demonstrate and experimentally confirm the major influence of gain dynamics on soliton molecules that self-assemble in mode-locked lasers. Both slow gain recovery and depletion play a pivotal role in the formation of chirped soliton molecules characterized by an increasing separation from leading to trailing pulses. These chirped molecules actually consist of many pulses and may be termed macromolecules. They are experimentally observed in a fiber laser and numerically modeled by an approach that properly includes the slow gain dynamics. Furthermore, it is shown that these processes stabilize soliton trains in fiber lasers by inhibiting internal oscillations.

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hal-00761314 , version 1 (05-12-2012)

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Alexandr Zaviyalov, Philippe Grelu, Falk Lederer. Impact of slow gain dynamics on soliton molecules in mode-locked fiber lasers. Optics Letters, 2012, 37, pp.175--177. ⟨hal-00761314⟩
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