Resonantly driven nonlinear dynamics of soliton molecules in ultrafast fiber lasers

Defeng Zou; Runmin Liu; Yanqing Shi; Aoyan Zhang; Jialong Li; Gina Jinna Chen; Hong Dang; Youjian Song; Minglie Hu; Perry Ping Shum

doi:10.1117/1.AP.7.1.016005

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 1, 016005(2025)

Resonantly driven nonlinear dynamics of soliton molecules in ultrafast fiber lasers

Defeng Zou¹, Runmin Liu², Yanqing Shi², Aoyan Zhang¹, Jialong Li¹, Gina Jinna Chen¹, Hong Dang¹, Youjian Song^2、*, Minglie Hu^2、*, and Perry Ping Shum^1,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Southern University of Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber and Cable Manufacture Technology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics Intellisense, Department of EEE, Shenzhen, China

²Tianjin University, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tianjin, China

³Pengcheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

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