Large energy, wavelength widely tunable, topological insulator Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Yu ^a   Zhao, Chujun ^a   Chen, Shuqing ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Tang, Pinghua ^a   Jiang, Guobao ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Wen, Shuangchun ^a   Tang, Dingyuan ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fiber laser; Large energy; Q switched; topological insulator; tunable

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; LARGE ENERGY; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TUNABLE;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 84893416645     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2295196     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. G. R. Jacobovitz-Veselka, U. Keller, and M. T. Asom, "Broadband fast semiconductor saturable absorber, " Opt. Lett., vol. 17, no. 24, pp. 1791-1793, Dec. 1992.
2. R. Fluck, I. D. Jung, G. Zhang, F. X. Kärtner, and U. Keller, "Broadband saturable absorber for 10-fs pulse generation, " Opt. Lett., vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 743-745, May 1996. (Pubitemid 126574979)
3. S. Schon, M. Haiml, and U. Keller, "Ultrabroadband AIGaAs/CaF2 semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 77, no. 6, pp. 782-784, Aug. 2000.
4. L. A. Gomes, L. Orsila, T. Jouhti, and O. G. Okhotnikov, "Picosecond SESAM-based ytterbium modelocked fiber lasers, " IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electron., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 129-136, Jan. 2004.
5. Z. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, D. Popa, G. Privitera, F. Wang, F. Bonaccorso, M. B. Denis, and A. C. Ferrari, "Graphene mode-locked ultrafast laser, " ACS Nano, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 803-810, Jan. 2010.
6. F. Bonaccorso, Z. Sun, T. Hasan, and A. C. Ferrari, "Graphene photonics and optoelectronics, " Nature Photon., vol. 4, no. 9, pp. 611-622, Aug. 2010.
7. T. Hasan, Z. Sun, F. Wang, F. Bonaccorso, P. H. Tan, A. G. Rozhin, and A. C. Ferrari, "Nanotube-polymer composites for ultrafast photonics, " Adv. Mater., vol. 21, no. 38, pp. 3874-3899, Oct. 2009.
8. Z. Sun, T. Hasan, and A. C. Ferrari, "Ultrafast lasers mode-locked by nanotubes and graphene, " Physica E, Low-Dimensional Syst. Nanostructures, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1082-1091, Mar. 2012.
9. G. Sobon, J. Sotor, and K. M. Abramski, "Passive harmonicmode-locking in Er-doped fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber with repetition rates scalable to 2.22 GHz, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 100, no. 16, p. 161109, Apr. 2012.
10. J. Sotor, G. Sobon, and K. M. Abramski, "Scalar soliton generation in allpolarization- maintaining, graphene mode-locked fiber laser, " Opt. Lett., vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 2166-2168, Jun. 2012.
11. D. P. Zhou, L. Wei, B. Dong, and W. K. Liu, "Tunable passively Qswitched erbium-doped fiber laser with carbon nanotubes as a saturable absorber, " IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 9-11, Jan. 2010.
12. B. Dong, C. Y. Liaw, J. Z. Hao, and J. H. Hu, "Nanotube Q-switched low-threshold linear cavity tunable erbium-doped fiber laser, " Appl. Opt., vol. 49, no. 31, pp. 5989-5992, Nov. 2010.
13. B. Dong, J. H. Hu, C. Y. Liaw, J. Z. Hao, and C. Y. Yu, "Wideband-tunable nanotube Q- switched low threshold erbium doped fiber laser, " Appl. Opt., vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1442-1445, Apr. 2011.
14. H. H. Liu, K. K. Chow, S. Yamashita, and S. Y. Set, "Carbon- nanotubebased passively Q- switched fiber laser for high energy pulse generation, " Opt. Laser Tech., vol. 45, pp. 713-716, Feb. 2013.
15. D. Popa, Z. P. Sun, T. Hasan, F. Torrisi, F. Wang, and A. C. Ferrari, "Graphene Q-switched, tunable fiber laser, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 98, no. 7, p. 073106, Feb. 2011.
16. H. Ahmada, M. Z. Zulkiflia, F. D. Muhammada, A. Z. Zulkiflia, and S. W. Haruna, "Tunable graphene-based Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser using fiber Bragg grating, " J. Modern Opt., vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 202-212, Aug. 2013.
17. J. Z. Wang, Z. Q. Luo, M. Zhou, C. C. Ye, H. Y. Fu, Z. P. Cai, H. H. Cheng, H. Y. Xu, and W. Qi, "Evanescent-light deposition of graphene onto tapered fibers for passive Q-switch andmode-locker, " IEEE Photo. J., vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 1295-1305, Oct. 2012.
18. L. Q. Zhang, Z. Zhuo, J. X. Wang, and Y. Z. Wang, "Passively Q-switched fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber, " Laser Phys., vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 433-436, Feb. 2012.
19. D. P. Zhou, L. Wei, and W. K. Liu, "Tunable graphene Q-switched erbiumdoped fiber laser with suppressed self-mode locking effect, " Appl. Opt., vol. 51, no. 14, pp. 2554-2558, May 2012.
20. Z. Q. Luo, M. Zhou, J. Weng, G. M. Huang, H. Y. Xu, C. C. Ye, and Z. P. Cai, "Graphene-based passively Q-switched dual-wavelength erbium- doped fiber laser, " Opt. Lett., vol. 35, no. 21, pp. 3709-3711, Nov. 2010.
21. W. J. Cao, H. Y. Wang, A. P. Luo, Z. C. Luo, and W. C. Xu, "Graphenebased, 50 nm wide-band tunable passively Q-switched fiber laser, " Laser Phys. Lett., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 54-58, Jan. 2012.
22. Z. T. Wang, Y. Chen, C. J. Zhao, H. Zhang, and S. C. Wen, "Switchable dual-wavelength synchronously Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber, " IEEE Photon. J., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 869-876, Jun. 2012.
23. J. Liu, S. D. Wu, Q. H. Yang, and P. Wang, "Stable nanosecond pulse generation from a graphene-based passively Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser, " Opt. Lett., vol. 36, no. 20, pp. 4008-4010, Oct. 2011.
24. M. Jiang, H. F. Ma, Z. Y. Ren, X. M. Chen, J. Y. Long, M. Qi, D. Y. Shen, Y. S. Wang, and J. T. Bai, "A graphene Q-switched nanosecond Tm-doped fiber laser at 2 m, " Laser Phys. Lett., vol. 10, no. 5, p. 055103, May 2013.
25. B. A. Bernevig, T. L. Hughes, and S. C. Zhang, "Quantum spin hall effect and topological phase transition in HgTe 1uantum wells, " Science, vol. 314, no. 5806, pp. 1757-1761, Dec. 2006. (Pubitemid 44969083)
26. X. L. Qi and S. C. Zhang, "The quantum spin hall effect and topological insulators, " Phys. Today, vol. 631, no. 1, pp. 33-38, Jan. 2010.
27. H. J. Zhang, C. X. Liu, X. L. Qi, X. Dai, Z. Fang, and S. C. Zhang, "Topological insulators in Bi2 Se3, Bi2 Te3 and Sb2 Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface, " Nature Phys., vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 438-442, May 2009.
28. Y. Xia, D. Qian, D. Hsieh, L. Wray, A. Pal, H. Lin, A. Bansil, D. Grauer, Y. S. Hor, R. J. Cava, and M. Z. Hasan, "Observation of a large-gap topological-insulator classwith a singleDirac cone on the surface, " Nature Phys., vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 398-402, May 2009.
29. Y. L. Chen, J. G. Analytis, J. H. Chu, Z. K. Liu, S. K. Mo, X. L. Qi, H. J. Zhang, D. H. Lu, X. Dai, Z. Fang, S. C. Zhang, I. R. Fisher, Z. Hussain, and Z. X. Shen, "Experimental realization of a threedimensional topological insulator, Bi2 Te3 , " Science, vol. 325, no. 5937, pp. 178-181, Jul. 2009.
30. X. Zhang, J. Wang, and S. C. Zhang, "Topological insulators for highperformance terahertz to infrared applications, " Phys. Rev. B, vol. 82, no. 24, p. 245107, Dec. 2010.
31. S. B. Lu, C. J. Zhao, Y. H. Zou, S. Q. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. Li, H. Zhang, S. C. Wen, and D. Y. Tang, "Third order nonlinear optical property of Bi2 Se3 , " Opt. Exp., vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 2072-2082, Jan. 2013.
32. C. J. Zhao, H. Zhang, X. Qi, Y. Chen, Z. T. Wang, S. C. Wen, and D. Y. Tang, "Ultra-short pulse generation by a topological insulator based saturable absorber, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 101, no. 21, p. 211106, Nov. 2012.
33. Y. Chen, C. J. Zhao, H. H. Huang, S. Q. Chen, P. H. Tang, Z. T. Wang, S. B. Lu, H. Zhang, S. C. Wen, and D. Y. Tang, "Self-assembled topological insulator: Bi2 Se3 membrane as a passive Q-switcher in an erbiumdoped fiber laser, " J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 31, no. 17, pp. 2857-2863, Sep. 2013.
34. Z. Q. Luo, Y. Z. Huang, J. Weng, H. H. Cheng, Z. Q. Lin, Z. P. Cai, and H. Y. Xu, "1.06 μm Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser using fewlayer topological insulator Bi2 Se3 as a saturable absorber, " Opt. Exp., vol. 21, no. 24, pp. 29516-29522, 2013.
35. J. W. Nicholson, R. S. Windeler, and D. J. DiGiovanni, "Optically driven deposition of single- walled carbon-nanotube saturable absorbers on optical fiber end-faces, " Opt. Exp., vol. 15, no. 15, pp. 9176-9183, Jul. 2007. (Pubitemid 47171685)
36. A. Martinez, K. Fuse, B. Xu, and S. Yamashita, "Optical deposition of graphene and carbon nanotubes in a fiber ferrule for passive mode-locked lasing, " Opt. Exp., vol. 18, no. 22, pp. 23054-23061, Oct. 2010.
37. H. Kim, J. Cho, S. Y. Jang, and Y. W. Song, "Deformation-immunized optical deposition of graphene for ultrafast pulsed lasers, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 98, no. 2, p. 021104, Jan. 2011.
38. K. Kashiwagi, S. Yamashita, and S. Set, "In-situ monitoring of optical deposition of carbon nanotubes onto fiber end, " Opt. Exp., vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 5711-5715, Mar. 2009.
39. T. Jiang, Y. Xu, Q. J. Tian, L. Liu, Z. Kang, R. Y. Yang, G. S. Qin, and W. P. Qin, "Passively Q-switching induced by gold nanocrystals, " Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 101, no. 15, p. 151122, Oct. 2012.
40. Z. C. Luo, J. R. Liu, H. Y. Wang, A. P. Luo, and W. C. Xu, "Wide-band tunable passively Q-switched all-fiber ring laser based on nonlinear polarization rotation technique, " Laser Phys., vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 203-206, Jan. 2012.