title: Experimental observation of temporal soliton molecules.
abstract: A bound state of temporal solitons in optical fibers is predicted numerically and demonstrated experimentally. It is appropriately described as a pair of bright solitons, bound together by a dark soliton. This structure exists only in dispersion-managed fiber and is different from bound solitons in fiber lasers.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany. martin.stratmann@uni-rostock.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stratmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pagel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitschke