1. Passive mode-locking in erbium-doped fibre laser based on BN-GO saturable absorber.
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Ahmad, H., Soltani, S., Thambiratnam, K., Yasin, M., Ismail, M. F., and Tiu, Z. C.
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BORON nitride ,WAVELENGTHS ,ERBIUM ,TELECOMMUNICATION ,GRAPHENE oxide - Abstract
A C-band mode-locked fibre laser incorporating a boron nitride-doped graphene oxide (BN-GO)-based saturable absorber (SA) is proposed and demonstrated. The SA is fabricated by depositing multiple layers of synthesized BN-GO nanoparticles onto the polished surface of a side-polished fibre, which is then inserted into an erbium-doped fibre laser cavity to generate the desired pulsed output. The strong nonlinear optical response and light absorption of the BN-GO nanoparticles induces the generation of a highly stable mode-locked pulse at 1567.32 nm with visible Kelly’s sidebands. The pulses have a measured repetition rate of 13.56 MHz and a pulse width of 1.18 ps at the maximum pump power of 280.5 mW. The pulses have a frequency signal-to-noise ratio of ∼53 dB, indicating a highly stable output. The proposed laser would find significant telecommunications applications, particularly for dense wavelength division multiplexing systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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