Saturable absorption may be induced at critical pumping power by nonlinear optical effects of nanomaterials, thereby making it possible to generate a high-power ultrafast laser. Recently, Bi4Br4 is theoretically predicted to be a member of topological insulators and is expected to be a promising candidate for saturable absorbers (SAs). We show here that Bi4Br4 features a large modulation depth of 42.3%. The Bi4Br4-based SA enables mode-locking operation at the near-infrared range, as demonstrated here by a 1.5 μm fiber laser with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 90 dB and a pulse duration of 172 fs. Moreover, the robustness of the Bi4Br4-based SA at relatively high power is of particular interest, which can be proved by a laser's stable operation state. The strong optical nonlinearity and robustness provided by Bi4Br4 may arouse a growing upsurge in the innovation of high-power ultrafast photonic devices and further development of photon applications.
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31 January 2022
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February 03 2022
Bi4Br4-based saturable absorber with robustness at high power for ultrafast photonic device
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One-Dimensional van der Waals Materials
Wenjun Liu
;
Wenjun Liu
1
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, P. O. Box 91, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
, Beijing 100876, China
2
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
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Xiaolu Xiong;
Xiaolu Xiong
3
Centre for Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
, Beijing 100081, China
4
Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology
, Jiaxing 314000, China
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Mengli Liu;
Mengli Liu
1
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, P. O. Box 91, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
, Beijing 100876, China
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XiaoWei Xing
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XiaoWei Xing
1
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, P. O. Box 91, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
, Beijing 100876, China
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Hailong Chen;
Hailong Chen
2
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
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Han Ye;
Han Ye
1
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, P. O. Box 91, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
, Beijing 100876, China
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Junfeng Han
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Junfeng Han
a)
3
Centre for Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
, Beijing 100081, China
4
Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology
, Jiaxing 314000, China
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Wenjun Liu
1,2
Xiaolu Xiong
3,4
Mengli Liu
1
XiaoWei Xing
1
Hailong Chen
2
Han Ye
1
Junfeng Han
3,4,a)
Zhiyi Wei
2,a)
1
State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, School of Science, P. O. Box 91, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
, Beijing 100876, China
2
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
3
Centre for Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology
, Beijing 100081, China
4
Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology
, Jiaxing 314000, China
Note: This paper is part of the APL Special Collection on One-Dimensional van der Waals Materials.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 053108 (2022)
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Received:
October 31 2021
Accepted:
January 25 2022
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Wenjun Liu, Xiaolu Xiong, Mengli Liu, XiaoWei Xing, Hailong Chen, Han Ye, Junfeng Han, Zhiyi Wei; Bi4Br4-based saturable absorber with robustness at high power for ultrafast photonic device. Appl. Phys. Lett. 31 January 2022; 120 (5): 053108. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0077148
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