Generation of Kelly and dip type sidebands soliton employing Topological insulator (Bi2Te3) as saturable absorber
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2022
Abstract
Conventional Kelly sidebands soliton and dip-type sidebands soliton were observed with the employment of Bi2Te3 as saturable absorber (SA) in Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser (EDFL). The fabricated Bi2Te3 possessed the following characteristics: I-sat 102 MW/cm(2), modulation depth 41.4%, and non-saturable absorption at 10%. The Bi(2)Te3 solution was transferred to the end of the fiber ferrule by the optical deposition method. Conventional Kelly sidebands soliton was obtained with a fundamental repetition rate and pulse width of 24 MHz and 0.78 ps, respectively. The existing cavity length was extended and with the appropriate tuning of light polarization, dip peak intensity soliton sidebands with bunched pulses were observed. The oscillation trace revealed the repetition rate of dip-peak intensity sidebands soliton was ascertained at 13.5 MHz, which was in accordance with the cavity length. There was a total of 144 pulses in a single bunch envelope under the maximum available pump power. With the appropriate tuning of light polarization, constructive and destructive interference between soliton and dispersive waves took place in EDFL resulting in the formation of peak intensity (Kelly sidebands) and dip-peak intensity on the soliton spectrum. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first demonstration of dip-peak intensity sidebands soliton using Bi2Te3.
Keywords
Saturable absorber, Erbium-doped fibre laser, Bismuth Selenide, Mode-locking, Multi-soliton, Bunch soliton
Divisions
sch_ecs
Funders
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) (SDN00286),Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) (GUG0444-1/2020),Geran Galakan Penyelidik Muda from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) (GGPM-2021-052)
Publication Title
Infrared Physics & Technology
Volume
123
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher Location
RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS