Novel optical soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with near-zero net cavity dispersion

Xiao Hu; Jun Guo; Jun Wang; Jie Ma; Luming Zhao; Seongwoo Yoo; Dingyuan Tang

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01074-w

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Novel optical soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with near-zero net cavity dispersion

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- Novel optical soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with near-zero net cavity dispersion
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 12, Issue 2, Pages: 272-283(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Julong College, Shenzhen Technology University, 518118 Shenzhen, China
  2.School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
  3.Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
  4.School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074 Wuhan, China
- Author bio：
  
  Dingyuan Tang (tangdingyuan@sztu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01074-w
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- Published：28 February 2023，
  
  Published Online：7 February 2023，
  
  Received：7 May 2022，
  
  Revised：5 December 2022，
  
  Accepted：9 January 2023
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Hu, X. et al. Novel optical soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with near-zero net cavity dispersion. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 272-283 (2023).
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Hu, X. et al. Novel optical soliton molecules formed in a fiber laser with near-zero net cavity dispersion. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 272-283 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01074-w.

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Soliton molecules (SMs) are stable bound states between solitons. SMs in fiber lasers are intensively investigated and embody analogies with matter molecules. Recent experimental studies on SMs formed by bright solitons

including soliton-pair

soliton-triplet or even soliton-quartet molecules

are intensive. However

study on soliton-binding states between bright and dark solitons is limited. In this work

the formation of such novel SMs in a fiber laser with near-zero group velocity dispersion (ZGVD) is reported. Physically

these SMs are formed because of the incoherent cross-phase modulation of light and constitute a new form of SMs that are conceptually analog to the multi-atom molecules in chemistry. Our research results could assist the understanding of the dynamics of large SM complexes. These findings may also motivate potential applications in large-capacity transmission and all-optical information storage.

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