Generation of mode-locked states of conventional solitons and bright-dark solitons in graphene mode-locked fiber laser

doi:10.1007/s12200-023-00067-2

Front. Optoelectron.

2023, Vol. 16

Issue (2) : 12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-023-00067-2

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Generation of mode-locked states of conventional solitons and bright-dark solitons in graphene mode-locked fiber laser

Zixiong Li, Mingyu Li(

), Xinyi Hou, Lei Du, Lin Xiao, Tianshu Wang, Wanzhuo Ma

Department of Optical Engineering, School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China

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Abstract

This paper proposes a mode-locked fiber laser based on graphene-coated microfiber. The total length of the fiber laser resonant cavity is 31.34 m. Under the condition of stable output of bright-dark soliton pairs from the fiber laser, dual-wavelength tuning is realized by adjusting the polarization controller (PC), and the wavelength tuning range is 11 nm. Furthermore, the effects of polarization states on bright-dark solitons are studied. It is demonstrated that the mode-locking state can be switched between conventional solitons and bright-dark solitons in the graphene mode-locked fiber laser. Bright-dark soliton pairs with different shapes and nanosecond pulse width can be obtained by adjusting the PC and pump power.

Keywords Fiber laser Graphene Conventional soliton Bright-dark soliton pairs

Corresponding Author(s): Mingyu Li

About author: ^* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Issue Date: 04 July 2023

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Zixiong Li,Mingyu Li,Xinyi Hou, et al. Generation of mode-locked states of conventional solitons and bright-dark solitons in graphene mode-locked fiber laser[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2023, 16(2): 12.

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