Caging pairs of propagating solitons in a fibre ring resonator allows scientists to observe the solitons travelling astronomical distances, revealing the effects of extremely tiny forces exerted by the leading soliton on the trailing one.
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Prati, F. Echoes of past solitons. Nature Photon 7, 586–587 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.194
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