Title :
Vector solitons with slowly evolving states of polarisation
Author :
Sergeyev, S. ; Mou, Chengbo ; Rozhin, Aleksey ; Turitsyn, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally and study theoretically new type of stable pulse structures in erbium-doped fibre lasers - slowly polarisation evolving vector solitons. Demonstrated vector solitons precess with characteristic times of 100-1000 round trips and their trajectories form a double semi-circle on the Poincaré sphere.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser stability; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; Poincare sphere; characteristic times; double semicircle trajectories; erbium-doped fibre lasers; polarisation states; stable pulse structures; vector solitons; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Solitons; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
