Photonics Research, Vol. 8, Issue 10, 10001580 (2020)
Extraction of internal phase motions in femtosecond soliton molecules using an orbital-angular-momentum-resolved method 
Yuwei Zhao1,†, Jintao Fan2,3,†, Youjian Song1,5,*, Uwe Morgner2,3,4, and Minglie Hu1,6,*

Author Affiliations

- 1Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- 2Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- 3Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (Photonics, Optics, and Engineering-Innovation Across Disciplines), 30167 Hannover, Germany
- 4Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
- 5e-mail: yjsong@tju.edu.cn
- 6e-mail: huminglie@tju.edu.cn
Abstract
Internal motions in femtosecond soliton molecules provide insight into universal collective dynamics in various nonlinear systems. Here we introduce an orbital-angular-momentum (OAM)-resolved method that maps the relative phase motion within a femtosecond soliton molecule into the rotational movement of the interferometric beam profile of two optical vortices. By this means, long-term relative phase evolutions of doublet and triplet soliton molecules generated in an all-polarization-maintaining mode-locked Er-fiber laser are revealed. This simple and practical OAM-resolved method represents a promising way to directly visualize the complex phase dynamics in a diversity of multisoliton structures.
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