Breathing dissipative solitons in mode-locked fiber lasers

Summary

Generates and captures breathing dissipative solitons and their bound states in real time within a mode-locked fiber laser.

Why this work matters

Established a breather mode-locking regime below the threshold of stationary mode locking.

Citation details

Authors

Junsong Peng, Sonia Boscolo, Zihan Zhao, Heping Zeng

Journal

Science Advances

Year

2019

DOI

10.1126/sciadv.aax1110