Photonics Research, 2020, 8 (4): 04000511, Published Online: Mar. 20, 2020
Passively Q-switched and femtosecond mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on a 2D palladium disulfide (PdS2) saturable absorber Download: 894次
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Fig. 2. (a) FETEM image and (b) corresponding high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image of a randomly selected PdS 2 flake; (c) SAED pattern and (d) EDS profile of the PdS 2 sample.
Fig. 3. Statistical distribution of lateral size along (a) short axis, (b) long axis, and (c) layer thickness (analyzed from 250 PdS 2 flake samples); (d) AFM image of measured PdS 2 flakes with respect to the height profile of (e) Flake A and (f) Flake B.
Fig. 5. Optical performance of Q -switched operation. (a) Average output power; (b) repetition rate and pulse duration regarding various optical pump powers; (c) pulse train; (d) single-pulse profile; (e) RF spectrum; and (f) wavelength spectrum at the maximum average output power.
Fig. 6. Nonlinear input intensity-dependent normalized transmittance curve of PdS 2 - SA at 1564 nm, the recorded (a) maximum and (b) minimum modulation depth condition according to the variation of the polarization state of input light.
Fig. 7. Optical performance of mode-locked operation. (a) Average output power regarding various optical pump powers; (b) and (c) are pulse trains with different time scales; (d) autocorrelation trace of mode-locked pulse; (e) RF spectrum; and (f) wavelength spectrum at 0.55 mW output power.
Fig. 8. Schematic diagram illustrating the photon absorption process within a four-energy level model, where the E 0 , E 1 , E 2 , and E 3 are the ground state, first, second, and third excited state, respectively. 1PA and 2PA represent the single-photon absorption and two-photon absorption, respectively. ESA stands for the excited-state absorption.
Table1. Comparison of Mode-Locked and -Switched Lasers Based on Group 10 TMD SAs
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Ping Kwong Cheng, Chun Yin Tang, Xin Yu Wang, Long-Hui Zeng, Yuen Hong Tsang. Passively Q-switched and femtosecond mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on a 2D palladium disulfide (PdS2) saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(4): 04000511.