Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 1, 78(2020)
Ultrafast fiber lasers mode-locked by two-dimensional materials: review and prospect
Fig. 1. Fiber integration with 2D materials. (a)–(c) Transmission coupling; (d)–(g) evanescent-wave coupling; 2D materials are deposited or transferred on (a) fiber ends, (b) transparent plate, (c) reflection mirror, (d) tapered fiber, (e) side-polished fiber, (f) photonic crystal fiber, and (g) cladding-etched fiber.
Fig. 2. First demonstrations of UFLs mode-locked by 2D materials at different wavelengths.
Fig. 3. CVD-grown graphene mode-locked EDFL [10]. (a) Laser configuration; (b) output pulse train; (c) output laser spectrum; (d) autocorrelation trace. Reproduced with permission, Copyright 2009, Wiley-VCH.
Fig. 4. Graphene mode-locked EDFL that delivers 24 fs pulses [125]. (a) Laser configuration; (b) optical spectrum; (c) autocorrelation trace; (d) measured RF spectrum. Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2016, IOP Publishing.
Fig. 5. Hundred gigahertz repetition rate graphene mode-locked UFLs [137]. (a) Laser configuration; (b) graphene microfiber knot filter; (c) laser spectrum at 1 μm; (d) laser spectrum at 1.5 μm; (e) autocorrelation trace at 1 μm; (f) autocorrelation trace at 1.5 μm. Reproduced with permission. Copyright 2018, OSA Publishing.
Fig. 6. Highly stable UFLs mode-locked by 2D materials. (a)–(c) Laser spectra; (d)–(f) measured RF spectra. (a) and (d), Ref. [146]; reproduced with permission; copyright 2018, OSA Publishing. (b) and (e), Ref. [148]; reproduced with permission; copyright 2017, OSA Publishing. (c) and (f), Ref. [128]; reproduced with permission; copyright 2018, IOP Publishing.
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Tian Jiang, Ke Yin, Cong Wang, Jie You, Hao Ouyang, Runlin Miao, Chenxi Zhang, Ke Wei, Han Li, Haitao Chen, Renyan Zhang, Xin Zheng, Zhongjie Xu, Xiangai Cheng, Han Zhang. Ultrafast fiber lasers mode-locked by two-dimensional materials: review and prospect[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(1): 78
Category: Ultrafast Optics
Received: Apr. 16, 2019
Accepted: Nov. 19, 2019
Published Online: Dec. 23, 2019
The Author Email: Tian Jiang (tjiang@nudt.edu.cn)