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Mode-locking in Er-doped fiber laser based on mechanically exfoliated Sb_2Te_3 saturable absorber

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We demonstrate the usage of a new saturable absorber material – antimony telluride (Sb2Te3) for efficient mode-locking of an Erbium-doped fiber laser. The Sb2Te3 layers were obtained by mechanical exfoliation and transferred onto the fiber connector tip. The all-fiber laser was capable of generating optical solitons with the full width at half maximum of 1.8 nm centered at 1558.6 nm, with 4.75 MHz repetition rate. The pulse energy of the generated 1.8 ps pulses was at the level of 105 pJ.

Source: Optical Materials Express

DOI: 10.1364/ome.4.000001

Authors: Jaroslaw Sotor, Grzegorz Sobon, Wojciech Macherzynski, Piotr Paletko, Kacper Grodecki, Krzysztof M. Abramski

Institutions: Wrocław University of Science and Technology, University of Warsaw

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,843

Funders: European Commission, European Regional Development Fund