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@article{citeulike:998737, abstract = {We show, experimentally and numerically, that Ti:sapphire mode-locked lasers can operate in a regime in which they intermittently produce exploding solitons. This happens when the laser operates near a critical point. Explosions happen spontaneously, but external perturbations can trigger them. In stable operation, all explosions have similar features, but are not identical. The characteristics of the explosions depend on the intracavity dispersion.}, author = {Cundiff, Steven T. and Crespo, Soto J. M. and Akhmediev, Nail}, citeulike-article-id = {998737}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000088000007073903000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/e073903}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.073903}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.073903}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {laser-dynamics, solitons}, number = {7}, posted-at = {2006-12-17 18:51:08}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Experimental Evidence for Soliton Explosions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.073903}, volume = {88}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:998737 L3 - citeulike-article-id:998737 N2 - We show, experimentally and numerically, that Ti:sapphire mode-locked lasers can operate in a regime in which they intermittently produce exploding solitons. This happens when the laser operates near a critical point. Explosions happen spontaneously, but external perturbations can trigger them. In stable operation, all explosions have similar features, but are not identical. The characteristics of the explosions depend on the intracavity dispersion. IS - 7 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Experimental Evidence for Soliton Explosions PB - APS VL - 88 KW - laser-dynamics KW - solitons AU - Cundiff, Steven AU - Crespo, Soto AU - Akhmediev, Nail PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.073903 ER -