Spatiotemporal mode-locked vector solitons

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Autori principali: Wu, Jia-Wen, Huang, Rong-Jun, Chen, Jia-Hao, Cui, Hu, Luo, Zhi-Chao, Xu, Wen-Cheng, Xiao, Xiao-Sheng, Luo, Ai-Ping
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author Wu, Jia-Wen
Huang, Rong-Jun
Chen, Jia-Hao
Cui, Hu
Luo, Zhi-Chao
Xu, Wen-Cheng
Xiao, Xiao-Sheng
Luo, Ai-Ping
author_facet Wu, Jia-Wen
Huang, Rong-Jun
Chen, Jia-Hao
Cui, Hu
Luo, Zhi-Chao
Xu, Wen-Cheng
Xiao, Xiao-Sheng
Luo, Ai-Ping
contents With the increased transverse mode degrees of freedom, spatiotemporal mode-locked (STML) fiber lasers exhibit more intricate and richer nonlinear dynamics, making them an ideal platform for studying complex nonlinear phenomena. However, current research mainly focuses on their scalar characteristics, leaving their vector characteristics unexplored. Here, we investigate the vector characteristics of the STML fiber laser and demonstrate two novel types of vector solitons associated with transverse modes, namely the STML polarization-locked vector soliton (PLVS) and the STML group velocity-locked vector soliton (GVLVS). In both types of STML vector solitons, the two polarization modes exhibit distinct transverse mode compositions and relative power ratios. However, the two polarization modes share identical peak wavelengths in STML PLVSs, while they have different peak wavelengths in STML GVLVSs. Notably, during the soliton splitting process of the STML GVLVSs, polarization-dependent phenomena, including the gain competition and variation of the peak wavelength difference between polarization modes as well as the invisible periodic variation in the beam profile, are observed. The formation of STML vector solitons demonstrates that soliton trapping remains a universal phenomenon for vector solitons even in the more intricate STML fiber lasers, and the obtained results reveal the vector characteristics of STML fiber lasers, enhancing the understanding of their nonlinear phenomena.
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spellingShingle Spatiotemporal mode-locked vector solitons
Wu, Jia-Wen
Huang, Rong-Jun
Chen, Jia-Hao
Cui, Hu
Luo, Zhi-Chao
Xu, Wen-Cheng
Xiao, Xiao-Sheng
Luo, Ai-Ping
Optics
With the increased transverse mode degrees of freedom, spatiotemporal mode-locked (STML) fiber lasers exhibit more intricate and richer nonlinear dynamics, making them an ideal platform for studying complex nonlinear phenomena. However, current research mainly focuses on their scalar characteristics, leaving their vector characteristics unexplored. Here, we investigate the vector characteristics of the STML fiber laser and demonstrate two novel types of vector solitons associated with transverse modes, namely the STML polarization-locked vector soliton (PLVS) and the STML group velocity-locked vector soliton (GVLVS). In both types of STML vector solitons, the two polarization modes exhibit distinct transverse mode compositions and relative power ratios. However, the two polarization modes share identical peak wavelengths in STML PLVSs, while they have different peak wavelengths in STML GVLVSs. Notably, during the soliton splitting process of the STML GVLVSs, polarization-dependent phenomena, including the gain competition and variation of the peak wavelength difference between polarization modes as well as the invisible periodic variation in the beam profile, are observed. The formation of STML vector solitons demonstrates that soliton trapping remains a universal phenomenon for vector solitons even in the more intricate STML fiber lasers, and the obtained results reveal the vector characteristics of STML fiber lasers, enhancing the understanding of their nonlinear phenomena.
title Spatiotemporal mode-locked vector solitons
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05823