Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus

Black phosphorus (BP), a new two-dimensional (2D) material, has been deeply developed for extensive applications in electronics and optoelectronics due to its similar physical structure to graphene and thickness dependent direct band gap. Here, we demonstrated a submicrosecond passive Q-switching Er...

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Main Authors: Yao Cai, Yanliang He, Xiaoke Zhang, Rui Jiang, Chenliang Su, Ying Li
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1703596
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description Black phosphorus (BP), a new two-dimensional (2D) material, has been deeply developed for extensive applications in electronics and optoelectronics due to its similar physical structure to graphene and thickness dependent direct band gap. Here, we demonstrated a submicrosecond passive Q-switching Er-doped fiber laser with BP as saturable absorber (SA). The BP saturable absorber was fabricated by mechanical exfoliation method. By taking full advantage of the ultrafast relaxation time of BP-SA and careful design of compact ring cavity, we obtained stable Q-switching pulses output with a shortest duration as narrow as 742 ns. With increasing the pump power, the pulse repetition rate accreted gradually almost linearly from 9.78 to 61.25 kHz, and the pulse duration declined rapidly at lower pump power regime and retained approximate stationary at higher pump power regime from 3.05 to 0.742 μs. The experimental results indicate that BP-SA can be an effective SA for nanosecond Q-switching pulse generation.
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spelling doaj-art-385c685470034548bb29e95114051a022025-02-03T05:46:24ZengWileyAdvances in Condensed Matter Physics1687-81081687-81242017-01-01201710.1155/2017/17035961703596Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black PhosphorusYao Cai0Yanliang He1Xiaoke Zhang2Rui Jiang3Chenliang Su4Ying Li5SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaSZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, ChinaBlack phosphorus (BP), a new two-dimensional (2D) material, has been deeply developed for extensive applications in electronics and optoelectronics due to its similar physical structure to graphene and thickness dependent direct band gap. Here, we demonstrated a submicrosecond passive Q-switching Er-doped fiber laser with BP as saturable absorber (SA). The BP saturable absorber was fabricated by mechanical exfoliation method. By taking full advantage of the ultrafast relaxation time of BP-SA and careful design of compact ring cavity, we obtained stable Q-switching pulses output with a shortest duration as narrow as 742 ns. With increasing the pump power, the pulse repetition rate accreted gradually almost linearly from 9.78 to 61.25 kHz, and the pulse duration declined rapidly at lower pump power regime and retained approximate stationary at higher pump power regime from 3.05 to 0.742 μs. The experimental results indicate that BP-SA can be an effective SA for nanosecond Q-switching pulse generation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1703596
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Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
title Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
title_full Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
title_fullStr Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
title_full_unstemmed Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
title_short Submicrosecond Q-Switching Er-Doped All-Fiber Ring Laser Based on Black Phosphorus
title_sort submicrosecond q switching er doped all fiber ring laser based on black phosphorus
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1703596
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