Vector solitons in mode locked fibre lasers

• Published in: 2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) pp. 1 - 3
• Main Authors: Sergeyev, Sergey V., Mou, Chengbo, Habruseva, Tatiana, Tsatourian, Veronika, Jacobsen, Gunnar, Popov, Sergei, Turitsyn, Sergei K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-07-2014
• Subjects: dissipative solitons; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Mathematical model; mode locked laser; Optical fibers; polarisation dynamics; Solitons; Vectors
• ISSN: 2162-7339
• DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876668

We overview our recent results on polarisation dynamics of vector solitons in erbium doped fibre laser mode locked with carbon nanotubes. Our experimental and theoretical study revealed new families of vector solitons for fundamental and bound-state soliton operations. The observed scenario of the evolution of the states of polarisation (SOPs) on the Poincare sphere includes fast polarisation switching between two and three SOPs along with slow SOP evolution on a double scroll chaotic attractor. The underlying physics presents an interplay between effects of birefringence of the laser cavity and light induced anisotropy caused by polarisation hole burning.