Generation of dark solitons in erbium-doped fiber lasers based Sb_2Te_3 saturable absorbers
Author(s) -
Wenjun Liu,
Lihui Pang,
Hainian Han,
Wenlong Tian,
Hao Chen,
Ming Lei,
Peiguang Yan,
Zhiyi Wei
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.23.026023
Subject(s) - saturable absorption , optics , fiber laser , ultrashort pulse , laser , materials science , soliton , erbium , doping , optoelectronics , wavelength , optical fiber , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics
Dark solitons, which have better stability in the presence of noise, have potential applications in optical communication and ultrafast optics. In this paper, the dark soliton formation in erbium-doped fiber lasers based Sb(2)Te(3) saturable absorber (SA) is first experimentally demonstrated. The Sb(2)Te(3) SA is fabricated by using the pulsed laser deposition method. The generated dark solitons are centered at the wavelength of 1530 nm and repetition rate of 94 MHz. Analytic solutions for dark solitons are also obtained theoretically.
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