Mode-locking pulse generation with MoS2 -PVA saturable absorber in both anomalous and ultra-long normal dispersion regimes

Ahmed, M.H.M. and Latiff, A.A. and Arof, Hamzah and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2016) Mode-locking pulse generation with MoS2 -PVA saturable absorber in both anomalous and ultra-long normal dispersion regimes. Applied Optics, 55 (15). pp. 4247-4252. ISSN 1559-128X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.004247.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.004247

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a stable and simple mode locked erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) utilizing passive few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ) as a saturable absorber. The MoS2 is obtained by liquid phase exfoliation before it is embedded in a polymer composite film and then inserted in the laser cavity. A stable soliton pulse train started at a low threshold pump power of 20 mW in the anomalous dispersion regime after fine-tuning the rotation of the polarization controller. The central wavelength, 3 dB bandwidth, pulse width, and repetition rate of the soliton pulses are 1574.6 nm, 9.5 nm, 790 fs, and 29.5 MHz, respectively. By inserting a 850 m long dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) in the cavity, a dissipative soliton with square pulse train is obtained in the normal dispersion regime where the operating wavelength is centered at 1567.44 nm with a 3 dB bandwidth of 19.68 nm. The dissipative soliton pulse has a pulse width of 90 ns at a low repetition rate of 231.5 kHz due to the long DSF used. These results are a contribution to the pool of knowledge in nonlinear optical properties of two-dimensional nanomaterials especially for ultrafast photonic applications.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bandwidth; Composite films; Dispersion (waves); Fiber lasers; Locks (fasteners); Nonlinear optics; Optical properties; Optical pumping; Pulse repetition rate; Q switched lasers; Saturable absorbers; Solitons
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2017 07:47
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2018 03:41
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/18148

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