Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors

Wenbin He; Meng Pang; Dung-Han Yeh; Jiapeng Huang; Philip. St. J. Russell

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00558-x

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Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors

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- Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 7, Pages: 1289-1303(2021)
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  1.Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Staudtstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
  2.Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Staudtstrasse 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
  3.Present address: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
- Author bio：
  
  Wenbin He (wenbin.hit@hotmail.com)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00558-x
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- Published：31 July 2021，
  
  Published Online：07 June 2021，
  
  Received：25 January 2021，
  
  Revised：12 May 2021，
  
  Accepted：20 May 2021
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He, W. B. et al. Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 1289-1303 (2021).
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He, W. B. et al. Synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules in parallel optical-soliton reactors. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 1289-1303 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00558-x.

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Mode-locked lasers have been widely used to explore interactions between optical solitons

including bound-soliton states that may be regarded as "photonic molecules". Conventional mode-locked lasers normally

however

host at most only a few solitons

which means that stochastic behaviours involving large numbers of solitons cannot easily be studied under controlled experimental conditions. Here we report the use of an optoacoustically mode-locked fibre laser to create hundreds of temporal traps or "reactors" in parallel

within each of which multiple solitons can be isolated and controlled both globally and individually using all-optical methods. We achieve on-demand synthesis and dissociation of soliton molecules within these reactors

in this way unfolding a novel panorama of diverse dynamics in which the statistics of multi-soliton interactions can be studied. The results are of crucial importance in understanding dynamical soliton interactions and may motivate potential applications for all-optical control of ultrafast light fields in optical resonators.

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