1. L-band passively mode-locked fiber laser based on WS2 saturable absorber
- Author
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Wenxiong Du, Shen Shengnan, Yong Liu, Heping Li, Junwen Li, and Changyong Lan
- Subjects
Materials science ,business.industry ,Pulse duration ,Saturable absorption ,Chemical vapor deposition ,Laser ,law.invention ,law ,Fiber laser ,Monolayer ,Optoelectronics ,Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) ,business ,Ultrashort pulse - Abstract
We demonstrate a compact erbium-doped fiber ring laser mode-locked by a WS 2 saturable absorber (SA), which operates in the telecommunication L-band. The monolayer WS 2 is synthesized by an enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and transferred onto the end face of a fiber connector to form a fiber-compatible WS 2 SA. Stable soliton pulses centered at 1602.2 nm with a pulse duration of 1.19 ps are achieved in the laser. Our research results show that monolayer WS 2 is a promising material for L-band ultrashort pulse generation.
- Published
- 2018