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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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
State	Published - Dec 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Fiber Laser
MAX phase
Soliton pulse generation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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