Observation of antisymmetric dispersion-managed solitons in a mode-locked laser.
We report experimental evidence of antisymmetric solitons in a mode-locked fiber laser with a strong dispersion map. A dispersion-managed soliton breathes as it traverses the dispersion map, and the antisymmetric dispersion-managed soliton can be considered a tightly bound soliton pair with pi phase difference between the component solitons. The antisymmetric soliton is observed only at particular values of the net cavity dispersion.
Chong
Andy
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Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. cyc26@cornell.edu
Renninger
William H
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Wise
Frank W
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D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical