title: Dynamics of periodic pulse collisions in a strongly dissipative-dispersive system.
abstract: We report on the dynamics of the periodic collision process occurring between different pulse bound states in a stretched-pulse erbium-doped fiber laser. The acquisition of a large number of second-order correlation traces allows us to reconstruct the dynamics of a single collision event. The measurements clearly demonstrate that, unlike true solitons in the case of integrable systems, the pulses do not fully overlap in the course of a collision. Instead, the collision proceeds through the exchange of bonds between the individual pulses constituting the bound states.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada. vroy@phy.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olivier
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Babin
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piché