MAX phase (Mo2Ti2AlC3) as a mode-locker for ultrafast fiber laser

Sameer Salam; Bilal Nizamani; Huda Adnan Zain; Afiq Arif Aminuddin Jafry; Ahmad Haziq Aiman Rosol; Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe; Moh Yasin; Sulaiman Wadi Harun

doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2023.103500

MAX phase (Mo₂Ti₂AlC₃) as a mode-locker for ultrafast fiber laser

Sameer Salam, Bilal Nizamani, Huda Adnan Zain, Afiq Arif Aminuddin Jafry, Ahmad Haziq Aiman Rosol, Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe, Moh Yasin, Sulaiman Wadi Harun

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Abstract

We developed an ultrafast fiber laser using MAX phase material, Mo₂Ti₂AlC₃, as a saturable absorber (SA). Mo₂Ti₂AlC₃ was drop casted onto a side-polished fiber to act as a SA in an erbium-doped fiber laser cavity. A soliton pulse train was successfully obtained via a mode-locking mechanism. It operated at 1561.3 nm with a repetition rate of 1.8 MHz and a pulse duration of 1.2 ps when a pump light was launched into the cavity at a range between 14.8 mW and 106.4 mW. The signal-background noise ratio of the laser was extremely high at 72.9 dB. We believe that this paper is the first that demonstrates the novel application of Mo₂Ti₂AlC₃ as a promising SA.

Original language	English
Article number	103500
Journal	Optical Fiber Technology
Volume	81
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2023.103500
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

Fiber Laser
MAX phase
Soliton pulse generation

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