Chaotic internal dynamics of dissipative optical soliton molecules

Y Song, D Zou, O Gat, M Hu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
When a laser cavity supports the propagation of several ultrashort pulses, these pulses can
form compact bound states called soliton molecules. Soliton molecules are fascinating …

Spontaneous synchronization and exceptional points in breather complexes

W Wang, Z Fang, T **an, M Zhang, Y Zhao, L Zhan - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
In this study, we provide an empirical validation of spontaneous synchronization and the
exceptional-point-(EP) induced pulse-generation mechanism within the dynamic framework …

Spatiotemporal period-doubling bifurcation in mode-locked multimode fiber lasers

X **ao, Y Ding, S Fan, X Zhang, C Yang - Acs Photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
Spatiotemporal mode-locked (STML) lasers are ideal platforms for investigating high-
dimensional nonlinear dynamics. This study presents an experimental observation and …

Paths from stationary to chaos in passively mode-locked fiber lasers: research progress of soliton pulsations and soliton explosions

Y Han, B Gao, Y Hao, JS Ponraj, C Ma… - Journal of Physics B …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Research has shown that passively mode-locked fiber lasers produce chaotic output, which
has caught the attention of physicists, chemists, and bio-scientists owing to their wide …

Quasi-Period Dynamics of Soliton Molecules: Route to Chaos and Intrinsic Frequency Entrainment

D Zou, R Liu, H Liu, J Chen, H Dang, J Li, A Zhang… - Ultrafast …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Soliton molecules in optical resonators have attracted remarkable attention in nonlinear
dynamics, driven by their compelling analogies with matter molecules. So far, while …

“Invisible” pulsation and period-doubling bifurcation of harmonic mode locking in a bidirectional fiber laser

Q Wang, P Wang, Z Shi, Q Xu, S Sun, J He, Z Wang… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The harmonic mode-locking (HML)“invisible” pulsation (IP) is reported, here, in a
bidirectional passively mode-locked fiber laser (BPMLFL). With the help of dispersive …

Solitons, bifurcation and chaotics in a bidirectional Mamyshev oscillator

A Wang, Y Zheng, Y Cai, X Zhang - Optics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Bidirectional mode-locked fiber lasers are able to deliver two outputs of pulses in the
clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) directions, having important applications in …

Spontaneous synchronisation and exceptional points in breather complex

T **an, M Zhang, YZL Zhan - arxiv preprint arxiv:2206.02214, 2022 - arxiv.org
We experimentally demonstrate the spontaneous synchronization and the exceptional point
(EP) induced pulse generation mechanism in the breather complex. The breathing …