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Front. Optoelectron.    2022, Vol. 15 Issue (2) : 28    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-022-00027-2
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with zinc phthalocyanine thin film saturable absorber
Rawan S. M. Soboh1, Ahmed H. H. Al-Masoodi2, Fuad N. A. Erman1, Abtisam H. H. Al-Masoodi3, Bilal Nizamani1, Hamzah Arof1, Retna Apsari4(), Sulaiman Wadi Harun1,4()
1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50630 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering Department, College of Engineering, The American University of Kurdistan, Duhok 42001, Iraq
3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga University, 60115 Surabaya, Indonesia
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Abstract

A stable mode-locked laser was demonstrated using a newly developed zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin film as passive saturable absorber (SA) in ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL). The ZnPc thin film was obtained using a casting method and then inserted between the two fiber ferrules of a YDFL ring cavity to generate mode-locked pulses. The resulting pulsed laser operated at a wavelength of 1034.5 nm having a repetition rate of 3.3 MHz. At pump power of 277 mW, the maximum output power and pulse energy are achieved at 4.92 mW and 1.36 nJ, respectively. ZnPc has a high chemical and photochemical stability, and its significance for use as a potential SA in a mode-locked laser is reported in this work.
Keywords Mode-locking      Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL)      Saturable absorber (SA)      Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin film     
Corresponding Author(s): Retna Apsari,Sulaiman Wadi Harun   
Issue Date: 22 June 2022
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Rawan S. M. Soboh,Ahmed H. H. Al-Masoodi,Fuad N. A. Erman, et al. Mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with zinc phthalocyanine thin film saturable absorber[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2022, 15(2): 28.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/Y2022/V15/I2/28
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