Farey tree and devil’s staircase of frequency-locked breathers in ultrafast lasers

oleh: Xiuqi Wu, Ying Zhang, Junsong Peng, Sonia Boscolo, Christophe Finot, Heping Zeng

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01

Deskripsi

Fractal optical solitons were studied in theory while it is cumbersome their experimental realization in optics setups. Here, the authors find that breathing solitons in lasers constitute fractals―the devil’s staircases, which are around 3000 times more stable than classical ones.