1.6 μm dissipative soliton fiber laser mode-locked by cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots

We demonstrate a stable, picosecond fiber laser mode-locked by cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots (CsPbBr3-QDs). The saturable absorber is produced by depositing the CsPbBr3-QDs nanocrystals onto the endface of a fiber ferrule through light pressure. A balanced two-detector measurement shows that it has a modulation depth of 2.5% and a saturation power of 17.29 MW/cm(2). After incorporating the fabricated device into an Er3+-doped fiber ring cavity with a net normal dispersion of 0.238 ps(2), we obtain stable dissipative soliton with a pulse duration of 14.4 ps and a center wavelength at 1600 nm together with an edge-to-dege bandwidth of 4.5 nm. The linear chirped phase can be compensated by 25 m single mode fiber, resulting into a compressed pulse duration of 1.046 ps. This experimental works proves that such CsPbBr3-QDs materials are effective choice for ultrafast laser operating with devious mode-locking states. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement