Study of the gain saturation effect on the propagation of dark soliton in Er-doped, Ga5Ge20Sb10S65 chalcogenide fiber amplifier

We study the effect of gain saturation on the propagation of fundamental dark soliton in a nonlinear, dispersive and amplifying medium. The Er^+ 3-doped, Ga₅Ge₂₀Sb₁₀S₆₅ chalcogenide glass is used for dark and erbium doped silicon glass for bright solitons. The numerical simulations show that dark soliton doesn't split to subpulses unlike bright soliton and also the dark soliton is more stable in the presence of gain saturation and gain dispersion effects. So the chalcogenide glasses are suitable for designing all optical devices.