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Abdul Rashid, Hairul Azhar and Yusoff, Zulfadzli and Zazali, N. A. and Latif, A. A. and Muhammad, F. D. and Radzi, N. M. and Tamchek, N. and Lau, K .Y. and Mahdi, M. A. and Abu Bakar, M. H. (2019) 860 femtoseconds mode-locked fiber laser by Gallium co-doped erbium fiber (Ga-EDF). Results in Physics, 15. pp. 1-5. ISSN 2211-3797

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Abstract

We proposed and demonstrated a high power mode-locked fiber laser using a new type of gain medium which is called as Erbium Gallium co-doped fiber (Ga-EDF). The mode-locking mechanism is enabled by a graphene-based saturable absorber, which is fabricated by slotting a single layer graphene (SLG) thin film in between two fiber ferrules connected through an adaptor. The Ga-EDF has an absorption rate of 25 dB/m at 980 nm. With a 2-m-long Ga-EDF utilized as the primary gain medium in the laser system, the proposed laser can generate mode-locked solitons, with the central wavelength of 1560 nm, a 3 dB bandwidth of 3.20 nm and an average output power of 18.23 mW. The generated pulse yields a repetition rate of 12.25 MHz with pulse duration and pulse energy of 860 fs and 1.49 nJ respectively. For comparison purpose, the experiment is repeated by replacing the Ga-EDF in the laser cavity with the same length of 2-m-long conventional erbium-doped fiber (EDF), and similar measurement of the mode-locked output performance is undertaken. The result obtained shows in comparison an improvement of the mode-locked Ga-EDF laser output performance to that of the mode-locked EDF laser in terms of the 3 dB bandwidth, pulse width and signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed work is the first time, to the knowledge of the authors, that the application of Ga-EDF as an active gain medium in the development of mode-locked fiber laser incorporating graphene which is a thin layer film as a saturable absorber is explored.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Gallium
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc.
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering (FOE)
Depositing User:	Ms Suzilawati Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2022 02:03
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2022 02:03
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/9163

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