Mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser using mechanically exfoliated black phosphorus as saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Al-Masoodi, Ahmed Hasan Hamood, Yasin, M., Ahmed, Mahmoud Hazzaa M., Latiff, Anas Abdul, Arof, Hamzah, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19717/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.08.038

We experimentally demonstrated a passive, stable mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) based on black phosphorus (BP) as saturable absorber (SA). The BP-SA was prepared by mechanically exfoliation of the crystal and transferred the acquired thin layer onto the end surface of a standard FC/P...