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INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2021.103647
Keywords
MXene; Niobium Carbide; Tapered Fiber; Mode-locked Characteristics; Erbium-doped Fiber Laser
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- University of Malaya [RK021-2019, TOP100PRC, RU002-2020]
- International Islamic University Malaysia [MOHE] [FRGS/1/2018/TK04/UIAM/02/16]
- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia [HiCoE]
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This study demonstrates the potential of Nb2C MXene as a saturable absorber material for generating ultrafast laser in the C-band wavelength region. The investigation on the nonlinear optical properties of the fabricated SA shows promising results, with successful generation of soliton pulses and excellent stability of the mode-locked fiber laser.
In this study, we demonstrated the potential of Nb2C MXene, which is a member of the MXene family, as a saturable absorber (SA) material in generating ultrafast laser at C-band wavelength region. The fabricated tapered fiber with a diameter of 3.56 ?m was coated with Nb2C MXene to realize the interaction of the evanescent field with the material used, hence induced the generation of mode-locked pulses. The investigation on the nonlinear optical properties of the fabricated SA shows that it had a modulation depth and saturation intensity of 12.94% and 1.1 kW/cm2, respectively. The soliton pulse with pulse duration of 0.77 ps at the central wavelength of 1559 nm was successfully generated at the pump power of 90.88 mW upon the insertion of the Nb2C MXene SA into the EDF laser cavity. The fundamental mode has a repetition rate of 14.12 MHz within pump power ranging from 90 to 473 mW. The maximum output power, pulse energy and peak power obtained from the mode-locked laser was measured to be 3.04 mW, 212.7 pJ and 0.18 kW, respectively. A signal to noise ratio (SNR) of approximately 66.5 dB was obtained, hence suggests that the generated mode-locked fiber laser possess an excellent stability. The present findings would open a window of opportunity to a new device for Nb2C MXene intended for high-performance mode-locked lasers.
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