Mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with zinc phthalocyanine thin film saturable absorber
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
A stable mode-locked laser was demonstrated using a newly developed zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin film as passive saturable absorber (SA) in ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL). The ZnPc thin film was obtained using a casting method and then inserted between the two fiber ferrules of a YDFL ring cavity to generate mode-locked pulses. The resulting pulsed laser operated at a wavelength of 1034.5 nm having a repetition rate of 3.3 MHz. At pump power of 277 mW, the maximum output power and pulse energy are achieved at 4.92 mW and 1.36 nJ, respectively. ZnPc has a high chemical and photochemical stability, and its significance for use as a potential SA in a mode-locked laser is reported in this work. Graphical Abstract: Figure not available: see fulltext.. © 2022, The Author(s).
Keywords
Chemical stability, Fiber lasers, Fibers, Locks (fasteners), Mode-locked fiber lasers, Optical pumping, Pulsed lasers, Thin films, Ytterbium, Zinc compounds, A-stable, Mode-locked, Modelocked lasers, Modelocking, Saturable absorber, Thin-films, Ytterbium-doped fiber laser, Ytterbium-doped fiber lasers, Zinc phthalocyanine thin film, Zinc phthalocyanines, Saturable absorbers
Divisions
fac_eng,sch_ecs
Publication Title
Frontiers of Optoelectronics
Volume
15
Issue
1
Publisher
Higher Education Press
Additional Information
Cited by: 3; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access