26 February 2016 Tunable triple-wavelength mode-locked fiber laser with topological insulator Bi2Se3 solution
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrated a tunable triple-wavelength mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser with few-layer topological insulator: Bi2Se3/polyvinyl alcohol solution. By properly adjusting the pump power and the polarization state, the single-, dual-, and triple-wavelength mode-locking operation could be stably initiated with a wavelength-tunable range (∼1  nm) and a variable wavelength spacing (1.7 or 2 nm). Meanwhile, it exhibits the maximum output power of 10 mW and pulse energy of 1.12 nJ at the pump power of 175 mW. The simple, low-cost triple-wavelength mode-locked fiber laser might be applied in various potential fields, such as optical communication, biomedical research, and sensing system.
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Bo Guo and Yong Yao "Tunable triple-wavelength mode-locked fiber laser with topological insulator Bi2Se3 solution," Optical Engineering 55(8), 081315 (26 February 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.8.081315
Published: 26 February 2016
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KEYWORDS
Mode locking

Fiber lasers

Bismuth

Selenium

Nonlinear optics

Polarization

Birefringence

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