title: Multiple-soliton dynamic patterns in a graphene mode-locked fiber laser.
abstract: Multiple-soliton dynamic patterns have been observed experimentally in an erbium-doped fiber ring laser with graphene as a saturable absorber. Under relatively low pumping power we have obtained disordered multiple-solitons, bunched solitons and high order harmonic mode locking by adjusting the orientation of the polarization controllers. With increased pumping power, we have also observed flow of solitons. We have experimentally investigated in detail the conditions under which these patterns form.
authors.affiliation: College of Physics Science and Information Engineering, Hebei Advanced Thin Films Laboratory, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China.
authors.forename: Yichang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Shumin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xingliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hongfei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite