title: Generation of dark solitons in erbium-doped fiber lasers based Sb(2)Te(3) saturable absorbers.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lihui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Hainian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wenlong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Peiguang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhiyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei