Unshackling solitons through ultimate dispersion control

该项目旨在通过使用我们最近设计的独特光纤激光器来产生和研究几个新的自稳定光脉冲家族。通过开发相关的理论模型，该团队将改变非线性物理学的概念和实验知识，为光纤激光器及其可以发射的脉冲提供深入的见解。预期的结果是完全理解全新的光脉冲家族，以及产生这些脉冲所需的能量可以减少的程度。减少这种能量意味着这些脉冲可以在更低的功率下执行相同的功能，这将使在21世纪经济中发挥强大作用的新应用的出现成为可能。

The project aims to generate and investigate several novel families of self-stabilising optical pulses by using a unique fibre laser we recently devised. By developing the associated theoretical models, the team will transform conceptual and experimental knowledge of nonlinear physics, providing deep insights into fibre lasers and the pulses they can emit. The expected outcomes are a complete understanding of entirely novel families of optical pulses, and of the degree to which the energy required to generate these pulses can be reduced. Reducing this energy means that these pulses can perform the same function at lower power, which will enable the emergence of new applications that will play powerful roles in the 21st-century economy.