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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Dissipative Kerr solitons in a warm atomic vapor system

Zhifan Zhou, Jie Zhao, M. T. DiMario, Brian E. Anderson, K. M. Jones, Paul D. Lett

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

Dissipative Kerr solitons generated by four-wave mixing in hot rubidium atoms within a phase conjugate resonator are presented. The solitons are tunable with pump detuning and laser power and exhibit Turing rolls and dark-soliton formation.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2022.fs4b.8

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