Real-time characterization of dissimilar dissipative soliton interactions in a mode-locked thulium fiber laser

Shutao Xu; Arnaud Viry; Michelle Y. Sander

doi:10.1117/12.2692992

13 March 2024 Real-time characterization of dissimilar dissipative soliton interactions in a mode-locked thulium fiber laser

Shutao Xu, Arnaud Viry, Michelle Y. Sander

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Proceedings Volume PC12870, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Phenomena, and Single-Shot Applications IX; PC1287001 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692992
Event: SPIE LASE, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Due to soliton energy quantization, most soliton molecules generated in mode-locked fiber lasers are formed by pulses with similar properties. Soliton trapping and collision between two dissimilar dissipative solitons is presented with distinctive energy, duration, chirp, and spectra in a versatile mode-locked Tm fiber laser which can emit different dissipative solitons simultaneously. Depending on the intracavity polarization settings, the group velocity difference between a strong broadband pulse and a weak narrowband pulse can be controlled and new soliton interaction dynamics are captured in real-time with a polarization-resolving dispersive Fourier transform setup. Unique partial spectral interference patterns and double-scale autocorrelation traces confirm the existence of ‘heteronuclear’ molecules formed by two dissimilar dissipative solitons with high pulse coherence. We believe the findings here represent a new type of soliton molecules in a mode-locked laser and can provide deeper insights into dissipative soliton interaction dynamics.

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Shutao Xu, Arnaud Viry, and Michelle Y. Sander "Real-time characterization of dissimilar dissipative soliton interactions in a mode-locked thulium fiber laser", Proc. SPIE PC12870, Real-time Measurements, Rogue Phenomena, and Single-Shot Applications IX, PC1287001 (13 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2692992

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Solitons

Molecules

Fiber lasers

Mode locking

Molecular interactions

Molecular lasers

YAG lasers

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