Research Article

The Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Dimensionality Reduction in Mode-Locked Lasers and Optical Systems

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Evolution of the soliton. Although it appears to be a very simple evolution, the phase is evolving in a nonlinear fashion, and approximately 50 Fourier modes are required to model accurately this behavior.
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