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Polarization-Locked Temporal Vector Solitons in a Fiber Laser: Theory
Published
Author(s)
J M. Soto-Crespo, N N. Akhmediev, B C. Collings, S T. Cundiff, K Bergman, W H. Knox
Abstract
Stable polarization-locked temporal vector solitons are found in a saturable absorber modelocked fiber laser with weak cavity birefringence. The system is theoretically modeled with two coupled complex Ginzburg-Landau equations that include fiber birefringence, spectral filtering, saturable gain and slow saturable absorption. The solutions to this system are similar to elliptically polarized vector solitons in a lossless birefringent fiber. Numerical simulations show qualitative agreement with experimental results.
Citation
Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics
Soto-Crespo, J.
, Akhmediev, N.
, Collings, B.
, Cundiff, S.
, Bergman, K.
and Knox, W.
(2008),
Polarization-Locked Temporal Vector Solitons in a Fiber Laser: Theory, Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics
(Accessed October 13, 2025)