Experimental observation of temporal soliton molecules

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Sep 30;95(14):143902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.143902. Epub 2005 Sep 28.

Abstract

A bound state of temporal solitons in optical fibers is predicted numerically and demonstrated experimentally. It is appropriately described as a pair of bright solitons, bound together by a dark soliton. This structure exists only in dispersion-managed fiber and is different from bound solitons in fiber lasers.