Passive harmonic mode-locking of Er-doped fiber laser using CVD-grown few-layer MoS2 as a saturable absorber

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/8/084206

Abstract Passive harmonic mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser based on few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) saturable absorber (SA) is demonstrated. The few-layer MoS₂ is prepared by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and then transferred onto the end face of a fiber connector to form a fiber-compatible MoS₂ SA. The 20th harmonic mode-locked pulses at 216-MHz repetition rate are stably generated with a pulse duration of 1.42 ps and side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) of 36.1 dB. The results confirm that few-layer MoS₂ can serve as an effective SA for mode-locked fiber lasers.

Keywords: fiber lasers mode-locking molybdenum disulfide

Received: 29 January 2015
Revised: 03 April 2015
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PACS:	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)
	78.67.-n	(Optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials and structures)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61378028, 61421002, 61475030, and 61377042), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB315701), and the New Century Excellent Talents Program in University, China (Grant No. NCET-13-0092).

Corresponding Authors: Li He-Ping
E-mail: oehpli@uestc.edu.cn

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Xia Han-Ding (夏汉定), Li He-Ping (李和平), Lan Chang-Yong (兰长勇), Li Chun (李春), Deng Guang-Lei (邓光磊), Li Jian-Feng (李剑峰), Liu Yong (刘永) Passive harmonic mode-locking of Er-doped fiber laser using CVD-grown few-layer MoS₂ as a saturable absorber 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 084206

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