Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15 (2): 020601, Published Online: Jul. 26, 2018
Generation of passively Q -switched fiber laser at 1 μm by using MoSSe as a saturable absorber
060.0060 Fiber optics and optical communications 060.2310 Fiber optics 060.3510 Lasers, fiber 060.4370 Nonlinear optics, fibers
Abstract
Passively Q -switched ytterbium-doped fiber lasers (YDFLs) incorporating a molybdenum sulfide selenide (MoSSe)-based saturable absorber (SA) are demonstrated. The modulation depth and saturation intensity of the MoSSe-based SA are measured to be approximately 25.0% and 0.002 MW / cm 2 , respectively, using the twin detector technique. The YDFL’s output has a center wavelength of 1038.5 nm with a top pulse width and energy of 1.2 μs and 18.9 nJ, respectively, at a pump power of 333 mW. The MoSSe-based SA has a good linear optical response, providing significant opportunity for use in applications over an ultra-broadband spectrum, particularly spectroscopy and biomedical diagnostics.
H. Ahmad, S. A. Reduan, S. N. Aidit, Z. C. Tiu. Generation of passively