Bi2Se3 as a saturable absorber for ultrafast photonic applications of Yb-doped fiber lasers

Kexuan Li; Jinrong Tian; Yanrong Song; Jinghui Liu; Heyang Guoyu; Runqin Xu; Meng Wang; Xiaohui Fang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.3.036110

28 March 2016 Bi₂Se₃ as a saturable absorber for ultrafast photonic applications of Yb-doped fiber lasers

Kexuan Li, Jinrong Tian, Yanrong Song, Jinghui Liu, Heyang Guoyu, Runqin Xu, Meng Wang, Xiaohui Fang

Author Affiliations +

Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 3, 036110 (March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.036110

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrated a Q-switched mode-locked (QML) and a continuous-wave mode-locked (CWML) ytterbium-doped fiber lasers with topological insulator: Bi₂Se₃ as saturable absorber (SA) in all normal dispersion regime. The Bi_₂Se₃-SA is conventionally composited by embedding Bi₂Se₃ nanoplatelets into polyvinyl alcohol thin film, which provides a modulation depth of 7.6% and a saturation intensity of 38.9 MW/cm². Based on this SA, with different cavity length, ytterbium-doped fiber laser can be operated at QML and CWML state, respectively. In the QML operation, a Q-switched envelope has the shortest pulse width of 1.12 μs and the tunable repetition rate from 96 to 175 kHz. The largest pulse envelope energy is 39.6 nJ, corresponding to average output power of 6.93 mW. In the CWML operation, an environmentally stable dissipative soliton laser pulse with pulse duration of ∼210 ps is obtained. The single pulse energy is 0.83 nJ with the repetition rate of 11.38 MHz at the wavelength of 1037 nm.

Citation Download Citation

Kexuan Li, Jinrong Tian, Yanrong Song, Jinghui Liu, Heyang Guoyu, Runqin Xu, Meng Wang, and Xiaohui Fang "Bi₂Se₃ as a saturable absorber for ultrafast photonic applications of Yb-doped fiber lasers," Optical Engineering 55(3), 036110 (28 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.3.036110

Published: 28 March 2016

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available