Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (WS2 And MoS2) Saturable Absorbers For Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers

• Main Authors: Kadir, N. A. A., Ismail, E. I., Abdul Latiff, Anas, Ahmad, H., Arof, Hamzah, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute Of Physics Publishing 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21284/2/kadir2017.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21284/; http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0256-307X/34/1/014202/meta

We demonstrate an ultrafast fiber laser based on transition metal dichalcogenide materials which are tungsten disulfide (WS2) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as saturable absorber (SA). These materials are fabricated via a simple drop-casting method. By employing WS2, we obtain a stable harmonic mod...