Observation of Dissipative Bright Soliton and Dark Soliton in an All-Normal Dispersion Fiber Laser

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel way for controlling the generation of the dissipative bright soliton and dark soliton operation of lasers. We observe the generation of dissipative bright and dark soliton in an all-normal dispersion fiber laser by employing the nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. Through adjusting the angle of the polarizer and analyzer, the mode-locked and non-mode-locked regions can be obtained in different polarization directions. Numerical simulation shows that, in an appropriate pump power range, the dissipative bright soliton and dark soliton can be generated simultaneously in the mode-locked and non-mode-locked regions, respectively. If the pump power exceeds the top limit of this range, only dissipative soliton will exist, whereas if it is below the lower bound of this range, only dark soliton will exist.

Dynamic evolution of the soliton molecules in an all-normal dispersion fiber laser

“…Solitons in conservative systems can be considered as a result of a balance between nonlinearity and dispersion. Dissipative solitons differ from conservative ones in that gain and loss play a significant role in their formation [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Since the dissipative solitons are based on a fundamentally different pulse formation mechanism than the traditional solitons, it will be interesting to investigate its starting dynamics.…”