TiS2-based saturable absorber for ultrafast fiber lasers

被引:57
作者
Zhu, X. [1 ]
Chen, S. [2 ]
Zhang, M. [1 ]
Chen, L. [2 ,3 ]
Wu, Q. [1 ]
Zhao, J. [4 ]
Jiang, Q. [1 ]
Zheng, Z. [1 ]
Zhang, H. [2 ]
机构
[1] Beihang Univ, Sch Elect & Informat Engn, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
[2] Shenzhen Univ, Dept Optoelect Engn, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
[3] Shenzhen Technol Univ, Coll Hlth Sci & Environm Engn, Shenzhen 518118, Peoples R China
[4] Shenzhen Univ, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
BLACK PHOSPHORUS; ABSORPTION; SOLITON; YB;
D O I
10.1364/PRJ.6.000C44
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We fabricate titanium disulfide (TiS2) using a liquid exfoliation method and subsequently a TiS2 -based device by optically depositing the TiS2 material onto the microfiber. This device exhibits a strong nonlinear saturable absorption property with an optical modulation depth of 8.3% at 1560 nm. With the implementation of this all-fiber TiS2-based saturable absorber, we demonstrate that both mode-locking and Q-switching operation can be obtained in a turn-key all-fiber erbium-doped laser cavity. Our findings constitute the first example, to the best of our knowledge, of a TiS2-based saturable absorber for ultrashort pulse generation and highlight the great potential of such devices in two-dimensional nanomaterials-related photonics. (C) 2018 Chinese Laser Press
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页码:C44 / C48
页数:5
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