Abstract.A passively Q-switched erbium-doped fibre laser is experimentally implemented, using molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) and tungsten disulfide (WS 2 ) as saturable absorbers. The results testify that a WS 2 -based Q-switched fibre laser generates more stable pulse trains, if compared with the MoS 2 -based saturable absorber. The wavelength region where the Q-switched pulses have been obtained is a so-called C-band region. The central wavelengths are 1559 and 1560 nm for MoS 2 and WS 2 , respectively.
This paper reported a passive Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) using two-dimensional (2D) material of black phosphorus saturable absorber (BP-SA). The maximum output power reached is 3.54 mW, which is generated by pump power of 42.327 mW. The results show that a stable pulse was generated with repetition rate starts at about 9.606 kHz and ends at about 44.72 kHz and very narrow pulse width between 40.01 µs and 9.84 µs and pulse energy 80 nJ. Clearly, the stability of the Q-switched pulse train was achieved because the BP-SA film was inserted in the laser ring cavity.
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