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Generation of Picosecond Pulses in Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers Via Mode Locking Using V4AlC3 Thin Film

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Short pulses are showing increasing importance in various industrial and scientific applications. Here, we exploit the saturable absorption of a ternary layered MAX-phase compound of Vanadium Aluminum carbide (V4AlC3) to produce mode-locked pulses in Erbium-doped fiber-laser (EDFL) cavity. The V4AlC3 composite thin film with a modulation depth of 24% is successfully obtained by embedding the commercial V4AlC3 powder into polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). It is integrated into an EDFL cavity, as a saturable absorber (SA), to generate a highly-stable mode-locked pulse, which operates at the 1559.8 nm wavelength. We successfully obtain the mode-locked pulse train with a fixed repetition rate of 1.8 MHz and a pulse width of 3.66 ps, as the pump power is set within a range from 73.1 to 108.1 mW. At the maximum pump power equal to 108.1 mW, the average output power, pulse energy, and peak power are 10.2 mW, 5.4 nJ, and 1.5 W, respectively. Overall, these results show the potential of V4AlC3 MAX-phase material to be used in ultrafast generation. The proposed approach is straightforward and can also be applied to operate in other wavelength regions.

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  1. Photonics Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Nur Zulaikha Mohd Safuan & Sulaiman Wadi Harun

  2. Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ahmad Haziq A. Rosol

  3. Department of Engineering and Built Environment, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT), Penang Branch Campus, 11200 Tanjong Bungah, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    NurFarhanah Zulkipli

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

    Moh Yasin

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Safuan, N.Z.M., Rosol, A.H.A., Zulkipli, N. et al. Generation of Picosecond Pulses in Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers Via Mode Locking Using V4AlC3 Thin Film. J Russ Laser Res 44, 384–391 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-023-10145-7

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