Initial conditions for dark soliton generation in normal-dispersion fiber lasers

被引:20
作者
Ge, Y. Q. [1 ,2 ]
Luo, J. L. [1 ,2 ]
Li, L. [1 ,2 ]
Jin, X. X. [1 ,2 ]
Tang, D. Y. [1 ,2 ]
Shen, D. Y. [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, S. M. [3 ]
Zhao, L. M. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Jiangsu Normal Univ, Jiangsu Key Lab Adv Laser Mat & Devices, Xuzhou 221116, Peoples R China
[2] Jiangsu Normal Univ, Sch Phys & Elect Engn, Xuzhou 221116, Peoples R China
[3] Hebei Normal Univ, Hebei Adv Thin Films Lab, Coll Phys Sci & Informat Engn, Shijiazhuang 050024, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PULSES; DIELECTRIC FIBERS; TRANSMISSION; PROPAGATION;
D O I
10.1364/AO.54.000071
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report results of numerical simulations on the various initial conditions for dark soliton generation in an all-normal-dispersion fiber laser. All the dark solitons generated are odd dark solitons. Differently from the dark soliton generation in fibers, where an arbitrary dip could evolve into a dark soliton, it is found that the dark soliton can originate only from an initial dip with a certain parameter requirement. A bright pulse with either a hyperbolic secant square, Gaussian, or Lorentz profile can be developed into a dark soliton, provided that the parameters of the initial bright pulse are selected. Dark solitons can be generated in fiber lasers only if there is a phase jump, and this phase jump can be maintained and evolve to p during the pulse evolution. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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页码:71 / 75
页数:5
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