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Femtosecond Soliton Pulse Generation Using Evanescent Field Interaction Through Tungsten Disulfide (WS 2) Film
We investigated nonlinear optical characteristics of Tungsten disulfide (WS 2 ) films and experimentally demonstrated their high potential for application as nonlinear saturable absorbers in passively mode-locked fiber lasers. Side polished fiber (SPF) was fabricated and WS 2 film was overlaid to pr...
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Published in: | Journal of lightwave technology 2015-09, Vol.33 (17), p.3550-3557 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | We investigated nonlinear optical characteristics of Tungsten disulfide (WS 2 ) films and experimentally demonstrated their high potential for application as nonlinear saturable absorbers in passively mode-locked fiber lasers. Side polished fiber (SPF) was fabricated and WS 2 film was overlaid to provide an efficient evanescent field interaction. The WS 2 film was prepared using two methods: liquid phase exfoliation to form few-layer nano-sheets, and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to grow uniform multilayer WS 2 on a SiO 2 substrate. Two SPF saturable absorbers were prepared by either spin coating WS 2 solution or lifting off the multilayer CVD WS 2 on SPF. An all-fiber ring cavity was built and the WS 2 film overlaid on SPF was employed as a mode locker along with Er-doped fiber as a gain medium. Using the spin-coated WS 2 SPF, stable soliton-like pulses were generated with a spectral width of 5.6 nm and 467 fs pulse duration. The fiber laser cavity containing CVD WS 2 SPF generated a transform-limited soliton pulse train with a spectral width of 8.23 nm and a pulse duration of 332 fs. Our study confirmed a high potential of WS 2 film as a novel 2-D nonlinear optical material for laser applications. |
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ISSN: | 0733-8724 1558-2213 |
DOI: | 10.1109/JLT.2015.2443113 |