Passively Mode-Locked Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Fe3O4 Nanosheets Saturable Absorber

Dongjian Xu; Huaiwei Zhang; Jiying Peng; Junhao Chen; Xiangpeng Yang; Decai Li; Zhengyong Li; Yi Zheng

doi:10.3390/photonics9050306

Photonics (Apr 2022)

Passively Mode-Locked Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Fe3O4 Nanosheets Saturable Absorber

Dongjian Xu,
Huaiwei Zhang,
Jiying Peng,
Junhao Chen,
Xiangpeng Yang,
Decai Li,
Zhengyong Li,
Yi Zheng

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Dongjian Xu: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Huaiwei Zhang: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Jiying Peng: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Junhao Chen: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Xiangpeng Yang: School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Decai Li: School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Zhengyong Li: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Yi Zheng: Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9050306
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 5
p. 306

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Two-dimensional material nanosheets have always been a research hotspot because of their unique structure and properties. We report mode-locked operation in ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) for the first time by adopting Fe3O4 nanosheets as a saturable absorber (SA). The laser is capable of generating 456 ps pulses, centered around 1039 nm. Our results manifest that Fe3O4 nanosheets are expected to become a new type of saturable absorber, which can better promote the development of mode-locked lasers.

Published in Photonics

ISSN: 2304-6732 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/photonics

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