Dark solitons in laser radiation build-up dynamics. In: Physical Review E, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 032221, 2016.
Abstract
We reveal the existence of slowly-decaying dark solitons in the radiation build-up dynamics of bright pulses in all-normal dispersion mode-locked fiber lasers, numerically modeled in the framework of a generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The evolution of noise perturbations to quasi-stationary dark solitons is examined, and the significance of background shape and soliton-soliton collisions on the eventual soliton decay is established. We demonstrate the role of a restoring force in extending soliton interactions in conservative systems to include the effects of dissipation, as encountered in laser cavities, and generalize our observations to other nonlinear systems.
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@article{@Woodward_2016_dark,
title = {Dark solitons in laser radiation build-up dynamics},
author = {R. I. Woodward and E. J. R. Kelleher},
url = {https://www.riwoodward.com/publication_files/woodward_2016_dark.pdf},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.93.032221},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-03-29},
journal = {Physical Review E},
volume = {93},
number = {3},
pages = {032221},
organization = {arXiv:1601.03330},
abstract = {We reveal the existence of slowly-decaying dark solitons in the radiation build-up dynamics of bright pulses in all-normal dispersion mode-locked fiber lasers, numerically modeled in the framework of a generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The evolution of noise perturbations to quasi-stationary dark solitons is examined, and the significance of background shape and soliton-soliton collisions on the eventual soliton decay is established. We demonstrate the role of a restoring force in extending soliton interactions in conservative systems to include the effects of dissipation, as encountered in laser cavities, and generalize our observations to other nonlinear systems.},
keywords = {dark soliton, fibre laser},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}