Dy. Tang et al., Stimulated soliton pulse formation and its mechanism in a passively mode-locked fibre soliton laser, OPT COMMUN, 165(4-6), 1999, pp. 189-194
We report on the stimulated formation of soliton pulses in a passively mode
-locked fibre soliton laser. We found experimentally that if there are soli
ton pulses in the cavity, new soliton pulses can be generated one by one wi
th very low pump threshold. We show that the mechanism for the soliton puls
e generation is a soliton shaping of dispersive waves in the laser. (C) 199
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