Observation of optical chaotic solitons and modulated subharmonic route to chaos in mode-locked laser

Huiyu Kang, Anran Zhou, Ying Zhang, Xiuqi Wu, Bo Yuan, Junsong Peng, Christophe Finot, Sonia Boscolo, Heping Zeng

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Abstract

We reveal a new scenario for the transition of solitons to chaos in a mode-locked fiber laser: the modulated subharmonic route. Its universality is confirmed in two different laser configurations, namely, a figure-of-eight and a ring laser. Numerical simulations of the laser models agree well with the experiments. The modulated subharmonic route to chaos could stimulate parallel research in many nonlinear physical systems.
Original languageEnglish
Article number263801
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume133
Issue number26
Early online date26 Dec 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2024

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2024 American Physical Society. This is an accepted manuscript of an article published in Physical Review Letters. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.263801

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