Abstract
We explore recently predicted multifrequency 2π solitons in multicascade stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) that was mode locked by the dynamics of population at a Raman quantum transition; we show that these solitons are eigensolitons of a general solitary-wave solution. Soliton components at each frequency are bright pulses of the same (Lorentzian) shape, in contrast to the familiar bright–dark soliton pair in regular SRS and to 1/cosh regular 2π solitons. Coherent interference of these components gives rise to a train of well-resolved subfemtosecond pulses. From an observation viewpoint the simplest SRS 2π solitons are so-called bright–bright solitons in noncascade SRS with either two (laser + Stokes) or three (e.g., laser + Stokes + anti-Stokes) components.
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