Soliton and bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on a MoS2/fluorine mica Langmuir–Blodgett film saturable absorber

Ruidong Lü; Yonggang Wang; Jiang Wang; Wei Ren; Lu Li; Sicong Liu; Zhendong Chen; Yongfang Li; Hongying Wang; Fuxing Fu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000431

Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 7 >Issue 4 >Page 431 > Article

Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 4, 431 (2019)

Soliton and bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on a MoS2/fluorine mica Langmuir–Blodgett film saturable absorber

Ruidong Lü¹, Yonggang Wang^1、*, Jiang Wang¹, Wei Ren², Lu Li², Sicong Liu¹, Zhendong Chen¹, Yongfang Li¹, Hongying Wang³, and Fuxing Fu³

Author Affiliations

¹School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China

²School of Science, Xi’an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an 710121, China

³Key Laboratory for Surface Engineering and Remanufacturing of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University, Xi’an 710065, China

show less

DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.7.000431 Cite this Article Set citation alerts

Ruidong Lü, Yonggang Wang, Jiang Wang, Wei Ren, Lu Li, Sicong Liu, Zhendong Chen, Yongfang Li, Hongying Wang, Fuxing Fu. Soliton and bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on a MoS2/fluorine mica Langmuir–Blodgett film saturable absorber[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(4): 431 Copy Citation Text

EndNote(RIS)

BibTex

Plain Text

show less

Fig. 1. (a) Fabrication process of SA devices. (b) Macroscopic images of FM and MoS2/FM. (c) SEM image of a MoS2 SA by the spin-coating and LB methods at the same resolutions. (d) 3D and plane AFM image and the AFM height profile diagram of few-layer MoS2. (e) Raman spectrum of the MoS2 SA.

Download full size | View in the Article

Fig. 2. (a) Linear transmittance measured in the spectral range from 1450 to 1600 nm. (b) Nonlinear saturable absorption of the MoS2/FM LB film.

Download full size | View in the Article

Fig. 3. Configuration of a passively mode-locked EDF laser.

Download full size | View in the Article

Fig. 4. Characterization of the soliton mode-locked fiber laser: (a) optical spectrum, (b) autocorrelation trace, (c) oscilloscope trace, (d) RF spectrum, and (e) the relationship between the output power and pump power of soliton mode locking. (f) Long-term optical spectrum measured for five days.

Download full size | View in the Article

Fig. 5. Experimental results of a bound-state soliton mode-locked fiber laser. (a) Optical spectrum and (b) autocorrelation trace.

Download full size | View in the Article

Fig. 6. (a) Bound-state pulse oscilloscope trace with a pump power of 307 mW. (b) Repetition rate and harmonic number under a different pump power.

Download full size | View in the Article

Materials	SA type	Layer	MD (%)	UL (%)	$λ$ (nm)	$τ$ (fs)	$P_{ave}$ (mW)	Reference
${WS}_{2}$	PVA	—	2.9	30.9	1572	595	—	[17]
${WS}_{2}$	Taper	7–9	0.5	65.0	1563	563	2.8	[18]
${WSe}_{2}$	Polymethylmethacrylate-side-polished fiber (PMMA-SPF)	1–3	54.5	—	1556	477	—	[19]
${MoSe}_{2}$	PVA	2–3	0.6	3.5	1558	1450	0.4	[20]
${MoS}_{2}$	PVA	5–6	2.7	44.2	1556	606	5.9	[21]
${MoS}_{2}$	Fiber facet	4–5	35.4	34.1	1569	1280	5.1	[22]
${MoS}_{2}$	PMMA-SPF	$< 10$	$> 2.5$	$< 70.0$	1568	637	—	[23]
${MoS}_{2}$	FM LB film	4–5	5.9	13.4	1557	581	9.6	This study