MoS2 saturable absorber prepared by chemical vapor deposition method for nonlinear control in Q-switching fiber laser

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/8/084211

Abstract

Due to the remarkable carrier mobility and nonlinear characteristic, MoS₂ is considered to be a powerful competitor as an effective optical modulated material in fiber lasers. In this paper, the MoS₂ films are prepared by the chemical vapor deposition method to guarantee the high quality of the crystal lattice and uniform thickness. The transfer of the films to microfiber and the operation of gold plated films ensure there is no heat-resistant damage and anti-oxidation. The modulation depth of the prepared integrated microfiber-MoS₂ saturable absorber is 11.07%. When the microfiber-MoS₂ saturable absorber is used as a light modulator in the Q-switching fiber laser, the stable pulse train with a pulse duration of 888 ns at 1530.9 nm is obtained. The ultimate output power and pulse energy of output pulses are 18.8 mW and 88 nJ, respectively. The signal-to-noise ratio up to 60 dB indicates the good stability of the laser. This work demonstrates that the MoS₂ saturable absorber prepared by the chemical vapor deposition method can serve as an effective nonlinear control device for the Q-switching fiber laser.

Keywords: nonlinear optical materials fiber laser Q-switching

Received: 25 April 2018
Revised: 20 May 2018
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PACS:	42.70.Mp	(Nonlinear optical crystals)
	42.55.Wd	(Fiber lasers)
	42.60.Gd	(Q-switching)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11674036), the Beijing Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program, China (Grant No. 2017000026833ZK08), the Fund of State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China (Grant Nos. IPOC2016ZT04 and IPOC2017ZZ05).

Corresponding Authors: Wen-Jun Liu, Zhi-Yi Wei
E-mail: jungliu@bupt.edu.cn;zywei@iphy.ac.cn

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Meng-Li Liu(刘孟丽), Yu-Yi OuYang(欧阳毓一), Huan-Ran Hou(侯焕然), Ming Lei(雷鸣), Wen-Jun Liu(刘文军), Zhi-Yi Wei(魏志义) MoS₂ saturable absorber prepared by chemical vapor deposition method for nonlinear control in Q-switching fiber laser 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 084211

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