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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 12, 2011(2023)

Universal dynamics and deterministic motion control of decoherently seeded temporal dissipative solitons via spectral filtering effect

Zilong Li1, Huanhuan Liu2,5、*, Zimin Zha1, Lei Su3, Perry Ping Shum4, and Hairun Guo1,6、*
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200044, China
  • 2Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 3School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
  • 4Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
  • 5e-mail: lhh_ly@163.com
  • 6e-mail:hairun.guo@shu.edu.cn
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    Zilong Li, Huanhuan Liu, Zimin Zha, Lei Su, Perry Ping Shum, Hairun Guo. Universal dynamics and deterministic motion control of decoherently seeded temporal dissipative solitons via spectral filtering effect[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(12): 2011

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    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jul. 26, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Nov. 20, 2023

    The Author Email: Huanhuan Liu (lhh_ly@163.com), Hairun Guo (hairun.guo@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.500126

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