Antimonene-based saturable absorber for a soliton mode-locked and Q-switched fiber laser in the 2 μm wavelength region
H Ahmad1,2,3,†, B Nizamani1, M Z Samion1, N Yusoff1, and M F Ismail1
1 Photonics Research Centre, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 3 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute(UniKL BMI), Batu 8, Jln Sungai Pusu, 53100, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract We demonstrate antimonene as a saturable absorber (SA) to generate an ultrafast mode-locked and Q-switched laser in the 2 μm wavelength region. The two antimonene-based SAs were prepared and inserted separately in a thulium-holmium-doped fiber laser to produce the pulsed laser. Antimonene was coated onto a tapered fiber to generate soliton mode-locked pulses and used in thin-film form for the generation of Q-switched pulses. The mode-locking was stable within a pump power of 267 mW-511 mW, and the laser operated at a central wavelength of 1897.4 nm. The mode-locked laser had a pulse width of 1.3 ps and a repetition rate of 12.6 MHz, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 64 dB. Q-switched laser operation was stable at a wavelength of 1890.1 nm within a pump power of 312 mW-381 mW. With the increase in pump power from 312 mW to 381 mW, the repetition rate increased to a maximum of 56.63 kHz and the pulse width decreased to a minimum value of 2.85 μs. Wide-range tunability of the Q-switched laser was also realized within the wavelength range of 1882 nm-1936 nm.
Fund: We would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for their support for this work through Grant, HiCoE (PRC-2022) and the Universiti Malaya for the funding of this work through Grant Nos. RU005-2021 and MGO23-2022.
Corresponding Authors:
H Ahmad
E-mail: harith@um.edu.my
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H Ahmad, B Nizamani, M Z Samion, N Yusoff, and M F Ismail Antimonene-based saturable absorber for a soliton mode-locked and Q-switched fiber laser in the 2 μm wavelength region 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 064205
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