102 fs pulse generation from a long-term stable, inkjet-printed black phosphorus-mode-locked fiber laser.

Autor: Jin X, Hu G, Zhang M, Hu Y, Albrow-Owen T, Howe RCT, Wu TC, Wu Q, Zheng Z, Hasan T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics express [Opt Express] 2018 May 14; Vol. 26 (10), pp. 12506-12513.
DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.012506
Abstrakt: We demonstrate a long-term stable, all-fiber, erbium-doped femtosecond laser mode-locked by a black phosphorus saturable absorber. The saturable absorber, fabricated by scalable and highly controllable inkjet printing technology, exhibits strong nonlinear optical response and is stable for long-term operation against intense irradiation, overcoming a key drawback of this material. The oscillator delivers self-starting, 102 fs stable pulses centered at 1555 nm with 40 nm spectral bandwidth. This represents the shortest pulse duration achieved from black phosphorus in a fiber laser to date. Our results demonstrate the great potential for black phosphorus as an excellent candidate for long-term stable ultrashort pulse generation.
Databáze: MEDLINE