Ultrafast laser soliton mode-locked at 1.5 mu m region based on Cr2AlC MAX phase as a saturable absorber

Najm, Mustafa Mohammed and Al-Hiti, Ahmed Shakir and Nizamani, Bilal and Zhang, Pei and Arof, Hamzah and Rosol, Ahmad Haziq Aiman and Yasin, Moh and Haruna, Sulaiman W. (2021) Ultrafast laser soliton mode-locked at 1.5 mu m region based on Cr2AlC MAX phase as a saturable absorber. Optical Engineering, 60 (6). ISSN 0091-3286, DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.6.066116.

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Abstract

In this experiment, a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser was successfully realized by utilizing chromium aluminum carbide (Cr2AlC) MAX phase as a saturable absorber (SA). The Cr2AlC MAX phase was fabricated by casting method with polyvinyl alcohol to compose a thin film. By a 203-m cavity length, a stable mode-locked laser operating at 1559 nm was achieved at the threshold pump power of 121.69 mW with a pulse width of 4.45 ps and pulse rate of 1 MHz. The pulse energy was 0.91 nJ and output power was 0.91 mW at a maximum pump power of 167 mW. As the cavity length was shortened to 103 m, we observed that pulse width, pulse energy, and output power decreased to 2.5 ps, 1.60 nJ, and 3.02 mW, respectively, while the repetition rate increased to 1.88 MHz at a maximum pump power of 167 mW. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time utilizing Cr2AlC MAX phase SA to produce the pulse laser in the 1.5-mu m region. (C) 2021 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cr2AlC max phase;Mode-locked laser;Saturable absorber;Erbium laser
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Ms Zaharah Ramly
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2022 08:04
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2022 08:04
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34111

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