Interaction length-dependent saturable absorption of MoS2-coated planarized waveguide and its effect on the performance of Q-Switched pulse laser generation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2023
Abstract
The performance of Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser using monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-coated planarized optical waveguides with different MoS2 coating lengths is studied in this work. Monolayer MoS2 thin film is integrated onto a planarized optical waveguide using dry transfer technique. As the MoS2 thin film interacts with the evanescent field only, the MoS2-coated planarized waveguide saturable absorber provides advantages in terms of high damage threshold and controllable interaction length between the MoS2 thin film and the light propagating in the waveguide. With a MoS2 coating length of 7.2 mm, the laser shows a widely tunable wavelength range of 38.6 nm. The wavelength tunability of the Q-switched fiber laser reduces to 5.9 nm when the interaction length between light propagating in the waveguide and the MoS2 monolayer is reduced to 2.5 mm. This effect is attributed to the reduction in the number of vacancy states of MoS2 in shorter length coatings. The results obtained contribute valuable information towards the development of all-planar waveguide pulsed laser source.
Keywords
Waveguide lasers, Planar waveguides, Optical fibers, Erbium-doped fiber lasers, Optical surface waves, Optical pulses, Optical planar waveguides, Evanescent field interaction, molybdenum disulfide, Q-switched laser, saturable absorber
Divisions
photonics,Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy,Marketing
Publication Title
Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume
41
Issue
8
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Publisher Location
445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA