Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Vanadium Oxide as Saturable Absorber. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nady, A.; Baharom, M. F.; Latiff, A. A.; Harun, S. W.
• Is Part Of: Chinese physics letters. Volume 35:Number 4(2018:Apr.)
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: 42.55.Wd -- 42.60.Gd -- 42.70.Nq; Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/35/4/044204
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0256-307X

Abstract

Abstract : A mode-locked erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using the vanadium oxide (V2 O5 ) material as a saturable absorber (SA). The V2 O5 based SA is hosted into poly ethylene oxide film and attached on fiber ferule in the laser cavity. It shows 7% modulation depth with 71MW/cm 2 saturation intensity. By incorporating the SA inside the EDFL cavity with managed intra-cavity dispersion, ultrashort soliton pulses are successfully generated with a full width at half maximum of 3.14 ps. The laser operated at central wavelength of 1559.25nm and repetition frequency of 1 MHz .