MEH-PPV organic material as saturable absorber for Q-switching and mode-locking applications

Samsamnun, Farina Saffa Mohamad and Zulkipli, Nur Farhanah and Abd Majid, Wan Haliza and Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa and Shuhaimi, Ahmad and Rosol, Ahmad Haziq Aiman and Arof, Hamzah and Yasin, Moh and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2020) MEH-PPV organic material as saturable absorber for Q-switching and mode-locking applications. Journal of Modern Optics, 67 (8). pp. 746-753. ISSN 0950-0340, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2020.1769762.

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Abstract

Q-switched and mode-locked pulse generation in Erbium-doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) are demonstrated using Poly [2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) organic semiconductor material as a saturable absorber (SA) for the first time. The MEH-PPV was prepared in the form of a thin film having a modulation depth of 12% and saturation intensity of 40 MW/cm2. The SA was placed in a laser cavity to produce a stable Q-switched operating at 1564.0 nm. The maximum repetition rate of 78.62 kHz, minimum pulse width of 3.54 µs and maximum pulse energy of 59.45 nJ were attained at 125.2 mW pump power. On the other hand, by incorporating an additional 100 m long single mode fiber, the mode locked EDFL self-started as the pump power was raised above 125.2 mW. The soliton pulse was obtained due to the enhancement of the nonlinearity in the cavity. The mode-locked laser operated at 1568.5 nm with a fixed repetition rate of 1.859 MHz and pulse width of 2.97 ps. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (Grant No: LR001A-2016A), Research Group Grant – Airlangga University (2020)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Q-switching; mode-locking; organic semiconductor saturable absorber; fiber laser
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2020 07:12
Last Modified: 23 Jul 2020 07:12
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25162

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