Mode-locked Erbium-doped fiber laser generation using hybrid ZnO/GO saturable absorber

Abstract

Mode-locked generation of erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with hybrid zinc oxide/graphene oxide (ZnO/GO) thin film as saturable absorber (SA) is proposed and practically demonstrated. The SA shows the modulation depth of 18.69% and it has been sandwiched between the fiber ferrules. Mode-locked pulse occurred at pump power of 14.8 mW and by varying the pump power to maximum threshold 27.43 mW, the repetition rate of the pulse fixed at 19.98 MHz at 1563 nm of central wavelength. The pulse width is estimated as 0.90 ps, whereas the pulse energy is calculated as 27.0 nJ.