1. Generation of pure-sextic, -octic and -decic Kerr solitons
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C. Martijn de Sterke, Antoine F. J. Runge, Andrea Blanco-Redondo, Darren D. Hudson, Y. Long Qiang, and Tristram J. Alexander
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Physics ,business.industry ,Kerr nonlinearity ,Nonlinear optics ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,010309 optics ,Amplitude modulation ,Quantum electrodynamics ,0103 physical sciences ,Dispersion (optics) ,Photonics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons - Abstract
We report the experimental discovery of new classes of solitons arising from Kerr nonlinearity and negative sixth-; eighth-; and tenth-order dispersion. These pulses demonstrate the use of high-order dispersion for unlocking innovations in nonlinear optics.
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- 2020
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