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Observation of soliton bound states in a graphene mode locked erbium-doped fiber laser

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Abstract

We report on the experimental observation of bound states of solitons in a graphene mode locked erbium-doped fiber laser. By using graphene as a saturable absorber, we have obtained stable, single and bound soliton pulses, the latter with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 1.49 ps and a fixed pulse separation of 2.46 ps. Our results once again show that bound soliton pulses is an intrinsic feature of fiber lasers independent of the exact mode locking mechanism.

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    X. L. Li, S. M. Zhang, Y. C. Meng, Y. P. Hao, H. F. Li, J. Du & Z. J. Yang

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Li, X.L., Zhang, S.M., Meng, Y.C. et al. Observation of soliton bound states in a graphene mode locked erbium-doped fiber laser. Laser Phys. 22, 774–777 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X12040081

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