Abstract
Investigations of optical solitons have always been a hot topic due to their important scientific research value. In recent years, ultrafast lasers based on two-dimensional materials such as saturable absorbers (SAs) have become the focus of optical soliton research. In this work, various soliton operations are demonstrated in Er-doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) based on ${{\rm Cr}_2}{{\rm Si}_2}{{\rm Te}_6}$ SAs. First, a low-threshold passively mode-locked EDFL with traditional soliton output is constructed, and the pump threshold is as low as 10.1 mW. Second, by adjusting the net dispersion of the cavity, stable dissipative soliton operation can also be obtained. Traditional soliton mode-locked operation with controllable Kelly sidebands from first order to fourth order is realized by adjusting the pump power in a double-ended pumped structure, and the SNR is as high as 55 dB. All results prove that ${{\rm Cr}_2}{{\rm Si}_2}{{\rm Te}_6}$ used as SA material has great potential and wide application prospects in investigating optical soliton operations in mode-locked fiber lasers with both normal and anomalous dispersion.
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