Zinc-oxide/PDMS-clad tapered fiber saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/abd76e

中国物理B ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 54204-054204.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/abd76e

Zinc-oxide/PDMS-clad tapered fiber saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

F D Muhammad^1,†, S A S Husin¹, E K Ng², K Y Lau³, C A C Abdullah¹, and M A Mahdi²

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
2 Wireless and Photonics Networks Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
3 Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Tietotie 3, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland

收稿日期:2020-12-01 修回日期:2020-12-01 接受日期:2020-12-30 出版日期:2021-05-14 发布日期:2021-05-14
通讯作者: F D Muhammad E-mail:farahdiana@upm.edu.my
基金资助:
Project supported by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (MOHE) (Grant No. FRGS/1/2019/STG02/UPM/02/4).

Zinc-oxide/PDMS-clad tapered fiber saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

F D Muhammad^1,?, S A S Husin¹, E K Ng², K Y Lau³, C A C Abdullah¹, and M A Mahdi²

1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
2 Wireless and Photonics Networks Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;
3 Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Tietotie 3, Aalto University, 02150 Espoo, Finland

Received:2020-12-01 Revised:2020-12-01 Accepted:2020-12-30 Online:2021-05-14 Published:2021-05-14
Contact: F D Muhammad E-mail:farahdiana@upm.edu.my
Supported by:
Project supported by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (MOHE) (Grant No. FRGS/1/2019/STG02/UPM/02/4).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： We propose and demonstrate a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on zinc-oxide/polydimethylsiloxane (ZnO/PDMS) saturable absorber (SA) that evanescently interacts with the light on a tapered fiber. The ZnO/PDMS composite is coated on the whole surface of the tapered fiber to guarantee the maximum efficiency of the SA device, with a measured insertion loss of 0.87 dB and a modulation depth of 6.4%. The proposed laser can generate soliton mode-locking operation at a threshold power of 33.07 mW. The generated output pulse yields a repetition rate and pulse width of 9.77 MHz and 1.03 ps, respectively. These results indicate that the proposed ZnO/PDMS-clad tapered fiber could be useful as an efficient, compatible, and low-cost SA device for ultrafast laser applications.

关键词: zinc-oxide, saturable absorber, tapered fiber, mode-locked, fiber laser

Abstract: We propose and demonstrate a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on zinc-oxide/polydimethylsiloxane (ZnO/PDMS) saturable absorber (SA) that evanescently interacts with the light on a tapered fiber. The ZnO/PDMS composite is coated on the whole surface of the tapered fiber to guarantee the maximum efficiency of the SA device, with a measured insertion loss of 0.87 dB and a modulation depth of 6.4%. The proposed laser can generate soliton mode-locking operation at a threshold power of 33.07 mW. The generated output pulse yields a repetition rate and pulse width of 9.77 MHz and 1.03 ps, respectively. These results indicate that the proposed ZnO/PDMS-clad tapered fiber could be useful as an efficient, compatible, and low-cost SA device for ultrafast laser applications.

Key words: zinc-oxide, saturable absorber, tapered fiber, mode-locked, fiber laser

中图分类号: (Fiber lasers)

42.55.Wd

42.60.Fc (Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)

F D Muhammad, S A S Husin, E K Ng, K Y Lau, C A C Abdullah, and M A Mahdi. Zinc-oxide/PDMS-clad tapered fiber saturable absorber for passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser[J]. 中国物理B, 2021, 30(5): 54204-054204.

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