Controlled Generation of Bright or Dark Solitons in a Fiber Laser by Intracavity Nonlinear Absorber
We numerically found that an intracavity nonlinear absorber (saturable absorber or reversed saturable absorber) plays a crucial role in the formation of dissipative bright or dark solitons in a fiber laser. The operation of an all-normal-dispersion fiber laser could evolve from a bright-soliton emis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IEEE
2016-01-01
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| Series: | IEEE Photonics Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7491207/ |
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| Summary: | We numerically found that an intracavity nonlinear absorber (saturable absorber or reversed saturable absorber) plays a crucial role in the formation of dissipative bright or dark solitons in a fiber laser. The operation of an all-normal-dispersion fiber laser could evolve from a bright-soliton emission state to a black-soliton emission state, purely by changing the intracavity nonlinear absorber from a saturable absorber to an antisaturable absorber. Our simulation results are well supported by the experimental observations. The result suggests a new way to control the dissipative soliton operation of lasers and deepens our understanding of the properties of dissipative solitons. |
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| ISSN: | 1943-0655 |