Open AccessDark soliton fiber lasers
Author(s) -
Dingyuan Tang,
Jun Guo,
Yufeng Song,
Han Zhang,
Lei Zhao,
Deyuan Shen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.019831
Subject(s) - saturable absorption , soliton , dispersion (optics) , physics , fiber laser , optics , dissipative soliton , laser , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics
Dark soliton formation and soliton dynamics in all-normal dispersion cavity fiber ring lasers without an anti-saturable absorber in cavity is studied both theoretically and numerically. It is shown that under suitable conditions the dark solitons formed could be described by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The dark soliton formation in an all-normal-dispersion cavity erbium-doped fiber ring laser without an anti-saturable absorber in cavity is first experimentally demonstrated. Individual dark solitons are experimentally identified. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment is observed.