• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 10, 1580 (2020)
Yuwei Zhao1、†, Jintao Fan2、3、†, Youjian Song1、5、*, Uwe Morgner2、3、4, and Minglie Hu1、6、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 3Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering-Innovation Across Disciplines), 30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 4Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
  • 5e-mail: yjsong@tju.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: huminglie@tju.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.398316 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yuwei Zhao, Jintao Fan, Youjian Song, Uwe Morgner, Minglie Hu. Extraction of internal phase motions in femtosecond soliton molecules using an orbital-angular-momentum-resolved method[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(10): 1580 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Internal motions in femtosecond soliton molecules provide insight into universal collective dynamics in various nonlinear systems. Here we introduce an orbital-angular-momentum (OAM)-resolved method that maps the relative phase motion within a femtosecond soliton molecule into the rotational movement of the interferometric beam profile of two optical vortices. By this means, long-term relative phase evolutions of doublet and triplet soliton molecules generated in an all-polarization-maintaining mode-locked Er-fiber laser are revealed. This simple and practical OAM-resolved method represents a promising way to directly visualize the complex phase dynamics in a diversity of multisoliton structures.
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    Yuwei Zhao, Jintao Fan, Youjian Song, Uwe Morgner, Minglie Hu. Extraction of internal phase motions in femtosecond soliton molecules using an orbital-angular-momentum-resolved method[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(10): 1580
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