All-fiberized, mode-locked laser at 1.95 mu m using copper chalcogenide Cu2Te-based evanescent field interaction

For the first time, a copper telluride (Cu2Te) based saturable absorber (SA) was demonstrated for mode-locking in a thulium-doped fiber laser. Layers of Cu2Te were deposited onto a side polished fiber (SPF) using the optical deposition technique, forming an all-fiber SA device. The nonlinear optical...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Aidit, Siti Nabila, Yusoff, Norazriena, Ismail, Nor Najwa, Ismail, Mohammad Faizal, Zamzuri, A. K., Thambiratnam, Kavintheran
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Published: Elsevier 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/36194/
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Summary:For the first time, a copper telluride (Cu2Te) based saturable absorber (SA) was demonstrated for mode-locking in a thulium-doped fiber laser. Layers of Cu2Te were deposited onto a side polished fiber (SPF) using the optical deposition technique, forming an all-fiber SA device. The nonlinear optical properties of the SA device were investigated based on the balanced twin-detector measurement scheme. The Cu2Te-deposited SPF SA was capable of generating stable soliton mode-locked pulses with a pulse duration of 1.58 ps at a center wavelength of 1951 nm with a signal to noise ratio (SNR) of more than 60 dB, as well as a peak power of 250 mW and a pulse energy of 0.39 nJ.