Title :
Analysis of soliton complexes in high power fiber lasers
Author :
Salhi, M. ; Amrani, F. ; Haboucha, A. ; Komarov, A. ; Leblond, H. ; Sanchez, F.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Photonique d´´Angers EA 4464, Univ. d´´Angers, Angers, France
Abstract :
We consider a fibre laser operating in a regime where thousands of solitons coexist in the cavity. Because of the soliton interaction, different soliton patterns or complexes are generated depending on the laser parameters. We point out an analogy between soliton complexes and the states of the matter: soliton gas, soliton supersonic flow, soliton liquid, soliton polycrystal and soliton crystal.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical solitons; high power fiber lasers; soliton complexes; soliton crystal; soliton gas; soliton interaction; soliton liquid; soliton polycrystal; soliton supersonic flow; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gas lasers; High power fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Solitons; fiber laser; short pulses; soliton;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7799-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7797-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549275
