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Filatova SA, Kamynin VA, Gladush YG, Krasnikov DV, Nasibulin AG, Tsvetkov VB. Dumbbell-Shaped Ho-Doped Fiber Laser Mode-Locked by Polymer-Free Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Saturable Absorber. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13101581. [PMID: 37241998 DOI: 10.3390/nano13101581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We propose a simple dumbbell-shaped scheme of a Holmium-doped fiber laser incorporating a minimum number of optical elements. Mode-locking regimes were realized with the help of polymer-free single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) synthesized using an aerosol (floating catalyst) CVD method. We show that such a laser scheme is structurally simple and more efficient than a conventional one using a ring cavity and a similar set of optical elements. In addition, we investigated the effect of SWCNT film transmittance, defined by the number of 40 nm SWCNT layers on the laser's performance: operating regimes, stability, and self-starting. We found that three SWCNT layers with an initial transmittance of about 40% allow stable self-starting soliton mode-locking at a wavelength of 2076 nm with a single pulse energy of 0.6 nJ and a signal-to-noise ratio of more than 60 dB to be achieved.
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- Serafima A Filatova
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonic Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 3 Nobel Str., 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonic Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 3 Nobel Str., 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonic Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 3 Nobel Str., 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Wang H, Yang Y, Hong J, Zhou X, Ruan Q, Dong Z, Melkumov M, Firstov S, Lobanov A, Luo Z. 1.3/1.4 µm dual-wave band dissipative soliton resonance in a passively mode-locked Bi-doped phosphosilicate fiber laser. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:299-302. [PMID: 36638442 DOI: 10.1364/ol.480137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We report the 1.3/1.4 µm dual-wave band dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) in a passively mode-locked bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber (Bi-PSF) laser. The low-water-peak Bi-PSF with two bismuth active centers associated with silicon and phosphorus supports the O+E-band gain. Using a 1239 nm home-made Raman fiber laser as pump source and nonlinear amplifying loop mirror for initiating mode-locking, stable DSR operation at 1343 and 1406 nm is achieved with the spectral bandwidth of 12 and 16 nm. The pulse duration with the pump power increases from 62 to 270 ps with a repetition frequency of 4.069 MHz. The average power is 11.05 mW corresponding to the maximum energy of 2.7 nJ. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of a mode-locked fiber laser in the ∼1.38 µm water absorption band and the O+E dual-wave band operation for applications in all-spectral-band communications, bio-medical imaging, and terahertz difference frequency generation.
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Ahmad H, Aidit SN, Ooi SI, Samion MZ, Wang S, Wang Y, Sahu JK, Zamzuri AK. 1.3 µm dissipative soliton resonance generation in Bismuth doped fiber laser. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6356. [PMID: 33737528 PMCID: PMC7973808 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85423-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In this work, a Figure-9 (F9) bismuth-doped fiber laser (BiDFL) operating in the dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) regime is presented. The 1338 nm laser used a BiDF as the active gain medium, while a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM) in an F9 configuration was employed to obtain high energy mode-locked pulses. The wave breaking-free rectangular pulse widened significantly in the time domain with the increase of the pump power while maintaining an almost constant peak power of 0.6 W. At the maximum pump power, the mode-locked laser delivered a rectangular-shaped pulse with a duration of 48 ns, repetition rate of 362 kHz and a radio-frequency signal-to-noise ratio of more than 60 dB. The maximum output power was recorded at around 11 mW with a corresponding pulse energy of 30 nJ. This is, to the best of the author's knowledge, the highest mode-locked pulse energy obtained at 1.3 μm as well as the demonstration of an NALM BiDFL in a F9 configuration.
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- H Ahmad
- Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Physics Department, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia
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Vanyukov VV, Mikheev KG, Nasibulin AG, Svirko Y, Mikheev GM. Enhanced saturable absorption in the laser-treated free-standing carbon nanotube films. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:5377-5380. [PMID: 33001898 DOI: 10.1364/ol.399852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We demonstrate an increase of optical transmittance and saturable absorption of laser-treated free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) films. The combined acid and low-power non-destructive laser treatment ensures an enhancement of linear transmittance across the visible range and double-digit increase of the saturable absorption of femtosecond laser radiation at 795 nm. The saturable absorption coefficient and the ratio of saturable to non-saturable losses increase by 26% and 35%, correspondingly, while the saturation intensity decreases by 20% because of the treatment. Our analysis indicates that with the performed treatment one can significantly improve the nonlinear optical properties of free-standing SWNT-based ultrafast saturable absorbers.
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Bednyakova AE, Kharenko DS, Zhdanov I, Podivilov EV, Fedoruk MP, Babin SA. Raman dissipative solitons generator near 1.3 mkm: limiting factors and further perspectives. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:22179-22185. [PMID: 32752484 DOI: 10.1364/oe.393603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Raman dissipative solitons (RDS) have been investigated numerically. It was found that the area of stable generation is bounded in terms of pump spectral bandwidth and pulse energy. Existing optimum is strongly affected by the net cavity dispersion. The spectral bandwidth of the generated RDS linearly depends on its energy and reaches more than 50 nm in the 5-meters long cavity. Developed numerical model reproduces all the effects observed experimentally. It predicts ability to generate high-quality pulses with energy up to 6 nJ compressible down to ∼100 fs duration. The work shows that RDS generation technique can produce high-energy ultrashort pulses at wavelengths not covered by typical active mediums.
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