Bismuth (III) Telluride (Bi2Te3) Based Topological Insulator Embedded in PVA as Passive Saturable Absorber in Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser

We demonstrate a passive Q-switched by integrating a Bismuth (III) Telluride (Bi2Te3) dispersed in Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) as passive saturable absorber. The experimental works show that the proposed passive saturable absorber operated at input power ranging from 21.69 mW to 126.89 mW with central operating wavelength of 1531 nm. We observe the tunable repetition rate from 40 kHz to 166 kHz with the shortest pulse width of 1.32 mu s. The laser produced maximum instantaneous output peak power and pulse energy of 1.62 mW and 11.2 nJ, respectively. The signal to noise ratio was measured at 49 dB which indicates the stability of the generated pulse.