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102 fs pulse generation from a long-term stable, inkjet-printed black phosphorus-mode-locked fiber laser.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Jin, Xinxin 
Hu, Guohua 
Zhang, Meng 
Hu, Yuwei 
Albrow-Owen, Tom 

Abstract

We demonstrate a long-term stable, all-fiber, erbium-doped femtosecond laser mode-locked by a black phosphorus saturable absorber. The saturable absorber, fabricated by scalable and highly controllable inkjet printing technology, exhibits strong nonlinear optical response and is stable for long-term operation against intense irradiation, overcoming a key drawback of this material. The oscillator delivers self-starting, 102 fs stable pulses centered at 1555 nm with 40 nm spectral bandwidth. This represents the shortest pulse duration achieved from black phosphorus in a fiber laser to date. Our results demonstrate the great potential for black phosphorus as an excellent candidate for long-term stable ultrashort pulse generation.

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0205 Optical Physics

Journal Title

Opt Express

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Journal ISSN

1094-4087
1094-4087

Volume Title

26

Publisher

The Optical Society
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L016087/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G037221/1)