Real-time collision dynamics of vector solitons in a fiber laser

Kangjun Zhao; Chenxin Gao; Xiaosheng Xiao; Changxi Yang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.413855

Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 289(2021)

Real-time collision dynamics of vector solitons in a fiber laser

Kangjun Zhao¹, Chenxin Gao¹, Xiaosheng Xiao², and Changxi Yang^1、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

²State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Oct. 30, 2020

Accepted: Dec. 23, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 24, 2021

The Author Email: Changxi Yang (cxyang@tsinghua.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.413855

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