Solitons are stable localized wave packets that can propagate long distance in dispersive media without changing their shapes. As particle-like nonlinear localized waves, solitons have been investigated in different physical systems. Owing to potential applications in optical communication and optical signal processing systems, optical solitons have attracted intense interest in the past three decades. To experimentally study the formation and dynamics of temporal optical solitons, fiber lasers are considered as a wonderful nonlinear system. During the last decade, several kinds of theoretically predicted solitons were observed experimentally in fiber lasers. In this review, we present a detailed overview of the experimentally verified optical solitons in fiber lasers, including bright solitons, dark solitons, vector solitons, dissipative solitons, dispersion-managed solitons, polarization domain wall solitons, and so on. An outlook for the development on the solitons in fiber lasers is also provided and discussed.
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June 2019
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May 24 2019
Recent progress of study on optical solitons in fiber lasers
Yufeng Song
;
Yufeng Song
1
SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University
, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Xujie Shi;
Xujie Shi
1
SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University
, Shenzhen 518060, China
2
Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University
, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Chengfa Wu;
Chengfa Wu
2
Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University
, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Dingyuan Tang;
Dingyuan Tang
3
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
, Singapore
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Han Zhang
Han Zhang
a)
1
SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University
, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Appl. Phys. Rev. 6, 021313 (2019)
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Received:
February 05 2019
Accepted:
April 25 2019
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Yufeng Song, Xujie Shi, Chengfa Wu, Dingyuan Tang, Han Zhang; Recent progress of study on optical solitons in fiber lasers. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1 June 2019; 6 (2): 021313. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5091811
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