scholarly journals VS2 as saturable absorber for Q-switched pulse generation

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2569-2576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Li ◽  
Lihui Pang ◽  
Qiyi Zhao ◽  
Yao Wang ◽  
Wenjun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Pulse Generation ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Power Pulse ◽  
Metal Dichalcogenides

AbstractTransition metal dichalcogenides have been widely utilized as nonlinear optical materials for laser pulse generation applications. Herein, we study the nonlinear optical properties of a VS2-based optical device and its application as a new saturable absorber (SA) for high-power pulse generation. Few-layer VS2 nanosheets are deposited on the tapered region of a microfiber to form an SA device, which shows a modulation depth of 40.52%. After incorporating the microfiber-VS2 SA into an Er-doped fiber laser cavity, passively Q-switched pulse trains could be obtained with repetition rates varying from 95 to 233 kHz. Under the pump power of 890 mW, the largest output power and shortest pulse duration are measured to be 43 mW and 854 ns, respectively. The high signal-to-noise ratio of 60 dB confirms the excellent stability of the Q-switching state. To the best of our knolowdge, this is the first illustration of using VS2 as an SA. Our experimental results demonstrate that VS2 nanomaterials have a large potential for nonlinear optics applications.

scholarly journals A Simple and Efficient Method to Fabricate Graphene 2D Nanomaterial into a thin Film to Serve as a Saturable a bsorber for Fiber Laser Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.15) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Yousif I. Hammadi ◽  
Tahreer S. Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Pulse Generation ◽  
Saturable Absorbers ◽  
Polarization Insensitive ◽  
Graphene Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulsed Fiber Laser

A passively pulsed fiber laser using saturable absorbers such as graphene has been increased dramatically in recent years. Up to now, researchers have been proposed many methods to fabricate graphene saturable absorber such as (evanescent coupling structure, electrochemical exfoliation, and mechanical exfoliation) for light pulse generation in a fiber laser. However, each of these methods has got some limitations which reduce the saturable absorber performance and restrict its range of applications. In this paper, we propose a simple but very efficient fabrication way of graphene saturable absorber by converting graphene Nano powder into a thin film using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a host material. The fabricated film can then be easily sandwiched between two fiber pigtails and inserted inside the laser cavity to form the saturable absorber. when compared with other methods, this method is much preferable because it provides saturable absorber with combat structure, maximum interaction area, reasonable insertion loss, polarization insensitive, controllable concentration, and safe to handle. The fabricated graphene saturable absorber in this paper was characterized and found to have a uniform distribution of the graphene nanomaterial in the PVA and have a modulation depth of 6.1% which make it a very promising saturable absorber for ultra-fast fiber laser demonstration.  

scholarly journals Optical Nonlinearity of ZrS2 and Applications in Fiber Laser

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Li ◽  
Ruidong Lv ◽  
Jiang Wang ◽  
Zhendong Chen ◽  
Huizhong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Lasers ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Side Surface ◽  
Single Pulse ◽  
Optical Nonlinearity ◽  
Pulse Generation ◽  
Dual Wavelength ◽  
Optical Applications

Group VIB transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have been successfully demonstrated as saturable absorbers (SAs) for pulsed fiber lasers. For the group comprising IVB TMDs, applications in this field remain unexplored. In this work, ZrS2-based SA is prepared by depositing a ZrS2 nanostructured film onto the side surface of a D-shaped fiber. The nonlinear optical properties of the prepared SA are investigated, which had a modulation depth of 3.3% and a saturable intensity of 13.26 MW/cm2. In a pump power range of 144–479 mW, the Er-doped fiber (EDF) laser with ZrS2 can operate in the dual-wavelength Q-switching state. The pulse duration declined from 10.0 μs down to 2.3 μs. The single pulse energy reached 53.0 nJ. The usage of ZrS2 as a SA for pulse generation in fiber lasers is presented for the first time. Compared to the experimental results of dual-wavelength Q-switched fiber lasers with two-dimensional (2D) materials, our laser performance was better. Our work indicates that the group comprising IVB TMD ZrS2 has bright prospects for nonlinear optical applications.

scholarly journals Highly Stable Passively Q-Switched Erbium-Doped All-Fiber Laser Based on Niobium Diselenide Saturable Absorber

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 4303
Author(s):  
Ping Hu ◽  
Jiajia Mao ◽  
Hongkun Nie ◽  
Ruihua Wang ◽  
Baitao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide ◽  
Center Wavelength ◽  
Niobium Diselenide ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Layered Transition Metal

A saturable absorber (SA) based on niobium diselenide (NbSe2), which is a layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) in the VB group, is fabricated by the optically driven deposition method, and the related nonlinear optical properties are characterized. The modulation depth, saturable intensity, and nonsaturable loss of the as-prepared NbSe2 nanosheet-based SA are measured to be 16.2%, 0.76 MW/cm2, and 14%, respectively. By using the as-fabricated NbSe2 SA, a highly stable, passively Q-switched, erbium-doped, all-fiber laser is realized. The obtained shortest pulse width is 1.49 μs, with a pulse energy of 48.33 nJ at a center wavelength of 1560.38 nm. As far as we know, this is the shortest pulse duration ever obtained by an NbSe2 SA in a Q-switched fiber laser.

Q-SWITCHED THULIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER AT 2 MICRON REGION BY 802 NM PUMPING

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Latiff ◽  
M. T. Ahmad ◽  
Z. Zakaria ◽  
H. Ahmad ◽  
S. W. Harun
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Pump Power ◽  
Fiber Laser ◽  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Pulse Generation ◽  
Q Switching ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

An 1892.4 nm ultrafast passive Q-switched fiber laser is demonstrated by using Thulium-doped fiber (TDF) in conjunction with a multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a saturable absorber (SA). The MWCNTs film is sandwiched between two FC/PC fiber connectors and integrated into the laser cavity with 802 nm pump for Q-switching pulse generation. The pulse repetition rate can be tuned from 3.8 to 4.6 kHz while the corresponding pulse width reduces from 22.1 to 18.4 μs as the pump power is increased from 187.3 to 194.2 mW. A higher performance Q-switched Thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL) is expected to be achieved with the optimization of the MWCNT-SA saturable absorber and laser cavity.

scholarly journals Realization of Lasing Emission from One Step Fabricated WSe2 Quantum Dots

Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 538
Author(s):  
Pengpeng Ren ◽  
Wenfei Zhang ◽  
Yiqun Ni ◽  
Di Xiao ◽  
Honghao Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Gain Medium ◽  
Excitation Wavelength ◽  
Excitation Threshold ◽  
Ultrasonic Probe ◽  
Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
One Step

Two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) quantum dots (QDs) are the vanguard due to their unique properties. In this work, WSe2 QDs were fabricated via one step ultrasonic probe sonication. Excitation wavelength dependent photoluminescence (PL) is observed from WSe2 QDs. Room-temperature lasing emission which benefits from 3.7 times enhancement of PL intensity by thermal treatment at ~470 nm was achieved with an excitation threshold value of ~3.5 kW/cm2 in a Fabry–Perot laser cavity. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of lasing emission from TMDCs QDs. This indicates that TMDCs QDs are a superior candidate as a new type of laser gain medium.

Nonlinear Optical Interactions and Relaxation in 2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Probed by Optical and Photoacoustic Z-Scan Methods

ACS Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 3440-3447
Author(s):  
Melissa E. Maldonado ◽  
Avishek Das ◽  
Ali M. Jawaid ◽  
Allyson J. Ritter ◽  
Richard A. Vaia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Nonlinear Optical ◽  
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Metal Dichalcogenides ◽  
Layered Transition Metal

scholarly journals Experimental and Numerical Comparison Q-Switched Fiber Laser Generation using Graphene as Saturable Absorber

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Noor Azura Awang ◽  
Nor Syuhada Aziz ◽  
Atiqah Nabieha Azmi ◽  
Fatin Shaqira Hadi ◽  
Zahariah Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Laser Generation ◽  
Measured Signal ◽  
Numerical Comparison ◽  
Central Wavelength ◽  
Maximum Pulse Energy ◽  
Diode Pumped ◽  
The Stability

We demonstrated the comparison experimentally and numerically a compact Q-switched erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser based on graphene as a saturable absorber (SA). By optically driven deposition of graphene on a fiber core, the SA is constructed and inserted into a diode-pumped EDF laser cavity. Lasing in CW region starts at 10 mW, whereas stable self-starting Q-switching with a central wavelength of 1530 nm begins at 18 mW. In this paper, at 35 mW, the maximum pulse energy reaches at 2 μJ with pulse repetition rate of 1 MHz and the narrowest pulse width is around 10 μs is obtained. The stability of the pulse is verified from the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum with a measured signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 48 dB. In this study, the design is compared with the simulation using the Optisystem software. The output power of the experimental study is also compared with the simulation to examine the performance.

scholarly journals Q-switched EDF LASER Cavity using ITO as Saturable Absorber

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Nizmani ◽  
Faisal Ahmed Memon ◽  
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhary ◽  
Ghulam Fizza ◽  
Suleiman Wadi Harun
Keyword(s):  
Saturable Absorber ◽  
Tin Oxide ◽  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Laser Cavity ◽  
Pulse Generation ◽  
Glass Slide ◽  
Center Wavelength ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Electron Beam Deposition ◽  
Beam Deposition

In this work, we have experimentally reported Q-switched pulse generation by indium tin oxide as a saturable absorber. First the glass slide was placed in electron beam deposition chamber and indium tin oxide layer was coated over the glass slide. Then the indium tin oxide was exfoliated from the glass slide, over the fiber ferrules in erbium doped fiber laser cavity. The Q-switched laser operated at center wavelength of 1562.6 nm. The repetition rate and pulse width were obtained to be 48.31-64.52 kHz and 5.65-4.23 µs, respectively.

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