Abstract

We report a novel and intriguing nonlinear dynamics observed in a fiber laser cavity, in which soliton pulses are created from an extended noisy background and drift until they reach a condensed phase comprising several tens of aggregated solitons. This soliton flow can be adjusted with manual cavity tuning, and can even be triggered by the injection of an external low-power cw laser.

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History
Original Manuscript: April 15, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: May 12, 2009
Revised Manuscript: May 12, 2009
Published: June 29, 2009

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Author Affiliations

Souad Chouli, Philippe Grelu

Institut Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 5209 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 21078 Dijon, France

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