High power L-band mode-locked fiber laser based on topological insulator saturable absorber

Meng, Yansong; Semaan, Georges; Salhi, Mohamed; Niang, Alioune; Guesmi, Khmaies; Luo, Zhi‐Chao; Sanchez, François

doi:10.1364/oe.23.023053

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“…Thus, if the layered materials-based nonlinear optical devices are introduced into the fiber lasers, it will become a good platform for the study of nonlinear optical phenomenon. [157][158][159]424] Since 2010, versatile soliton pulses, including conventional soliton, dark solitons, dissipative soliton, and even rogue waves, have been observed in mode-locked fiber lasers based on layered materials such as graphene, [425][426][427][428][429][430][431][432][433][434][435][436][437][438][439][440] topological insulators, [441][442][443][444][445][446][447][448][449][450][451] TMDCs, [452][453][454][455][456][457][458][459][460]463] and BP. [461,462] For example, the researchers studied the dynamic of soliton pulses in graphene mode-locked fiber lasers and obtained the disordered multiple solitons and Reproduced with permission.…”

Section: Nonlinear Optical Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

2D Layered Materials: Synthesis, Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Device Applications

Guo

Xiao

Wang

et al. 2019

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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In recent years, 2D layered materials, including graphene, topological insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, MXenes, graphitic carbon nitride, and metal‐organic frameworks, have attracted considerable interest due to their potential applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and energy. Their rise in the field of nonlinear photonics began around 2009 and has become an important research direction. Here, the synthesis techniques, nonlinear optical properties, integration strategies, and device applications of layered materials are reviewed. In terms of nonlinear optical properties, the focus is on saturable absorption and Kerr nonlinearity. On this basis, their applications in various pulsed lasers, including fiber lasers, solid‐state lasers, waveguide lasers, and related nonlinear optical phenomenon, are summarized. In addition, novel optical devices using layered materials, such as optical modulators, optical polarizers, optical switchers, and even all‐optical device, are also involved. It is believed that the development of 2D layered materials in the field of photonics will continue to deepen, thus laying a good foundation for its practical application.

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Section: Nonlinear Optical Phenomenonmentioning

confidence: 99%

2D Layered Materials: Synthesis, Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Device Applications

Guo

Xiao

Wang

et al. 2019

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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“…The process relies on the insertion of an ion or a molecule into a 2DM structure to disrupt its inter-layer forces ( Figure 1C). For SA fabrication, intercalating ions have been used for TMDs [90,[93][94][95] and TIs [17,38,106,112,113,[148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155]. Lithium ions (Li + ) were first used to produce MoS 2 monolayers using a chemical reaction with n-butyl lithium [156].…”

Section: Exfoliation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this case, such reaction produced molecular hydrogen (H 2 ), which released forced layers to detach and migrate in solution [157]. Indeed, Li-ion-based intercalation is the most popular intercalation method used to produce SAs based on MoS 2 [90], WS 2 [94,95], Bi 2 Te 3 [17,38,106,[148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155], and Bi 2 Se 3 [112,113]. Sodium ions can also be used in a process involving hydrazine initially, which releases ammonia (NH 3 ), H 2 , and nitrogen (N 2 ) gases while intercalating the TMD layers, then an Na-naphthalenide solution is added in a second step [93,158].…”

Section: Exfoliation Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Solution-processed two-dimensional materials for ultrafast fiber lasers (invited)

Sun

Wang

et al. 2020

Nanophotonics

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AbstractSince graphene was first reported as a saturable absorber to achieve ultrafast pulses in fiber lasers, many other two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as topological insulators, transition metal dichalcogenides, black phosphorus, and MXenes, have been widely investigated in fiber lasers due to their broadband operation, ultrafast recovery time, and controllable modulation depth. Recently, solution-processing methods for the fabrication of 2D materials have attracted considerable interest due to their advantages of low cost, easy fabrication, and scalability. Here, we review the various solution-processed methods for the preparation of different 2D materials. Then, the applications and performance of solution-processing-based 2D materials in fiber lasers are discussed. Finally, a perspective of the solution-processed methods and 2D material-based saturable absorbers are presented.

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“…126 In many cases, bismuth chalcogenides are used in the form of powders 127 or microfibers, 125,128-132 which do not exhibit TSS. Therefore, the efficiency of antimony or bismuth chalcogenides as saturable absorbers 125,128,131,[133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140] has nothing related to topological phases of matter, in spite of the wealth of claims in the literature. Nevertheless, in the following we briefly discuss the most important findings of this research topic.…”

confidence: 99%

“…Using Bi 2 Se 3 microfibers and with the highest pump power of 5 W, the 91st harmonic mode locking of soliton bunches with average output power of 308 mW was obtained. 125 In addition, the high third-order nonlinear susceptibility allows the formation of numerous soliton molecules, bound solitons, and soliton rains at a low pump power. 129 At higher values of the pump power, both bunched solitons with soliton number up to 15 and harmonically mode-locked solitons with harmonic order up to 10 were achieved.…”

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Optoelectronic devices, plasmonics, and photonics with topological insulators

2017

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Topological insulators are innovative materials with semiconducting bulk together with surface states forming a Dirac cone, which ensure metallic conduction in the surface plane. Therefore, topological insulators represent an ideal platform for optoelectronics and photonics. The recent progress of science and technology based on topological insulators enables the exploitation of their huge application capabilities. Here, we review the recent achievements of optoelectronics, photonics and plasmonics with topological insulators. Plasmonic devices and photodetectors based on topological insulators in a wide energy range, from Terahertz to the ultraviolet, promise outstanding impact. Furthermore, the peculiarities, the range of applications and the challenges of the emerging fields of topological photonics and thermoplasmonics are discussed.

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High power L-band mode-locked fiber laser based on topological insulator saturable absorber

Cited by 63 publications

References 32 publications

2D Layered Materials: Synthesis, Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Device Applications

2D Layered Materials: Synthesis, Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Device Applications

Solution-processed two-dimensional materials for ultrafast fiber lasers (invited)

Optoelectronic devices, plasmonics, and photonics with topological insulators

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