2 µm ultrafast fiber laser modelocked by mechanically exfoliated Sb2Te3

Jan Tarka; Jakub Boguslawski; Rafał Zybala; Maciej Kowalczyk; Grzegorz Sobon; Jaroslaw Sotor

doi:10.1117/12.2213496

11 March 2016 2 µm ultrafast fiber laser modelocked by mechanically exfoliated Sb₂Te₃

Jan Tarka, Jakub Boguslawski, Rafał Zybala, Maciej Kowalczyk, Grzegorz Sobon, Jaroslaw Sotor

Proceedings Volume 9728, Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 972820 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213496
Event: SPIE LASE, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate the usage of a saturable absorber material - antimony telluride (Sb₂Te₃) for efficient mode-locking of a Thulium-doped fiber laser. The Sb₂Te₃ layers were obtained by mechanical exfoliation and transferred onto the fiber ferrule. The all-fiber laser was capable of generating optical solitons with the full width at half-maximum of 4.5 nm centered at 1945 nm, with 39.5 MHz repetition rate and more than 60 dB signal to noise ratio. The pulse energy of the generated 890 fs pulses was at the level of 30 pJ. Our experiment showed that Sb₂Te₃ saturable absorbers are suitable for the operation in 2 μm bandwidth.

Citation Download Citation

Jan Tarka, Jakub Boguslawski, Rafał Zybala, Maciej Kowalczyk, Grzegorz Sobon, and Jaroslaw Sotor "2 µm ultrafast fiber laser modelocked by mechanically exfoliated Sb₂Te₃", Proc. SPIE 9728, Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 972820 (11 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213496

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available