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Molybdenum Aluminum Boride as the Q-Switcher and Mode-Locker in the Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Configuration

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We demonstrate the Q-switched and mode-locked pulse generation, using Molybdenum Aluminum Boride (MoAlB) material as a saturable absorber (SA). The SA film was obtained by mixing MoAlB with a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution and then evaporating the mixture on a petri-dish. The prepared MoAlB PVA thin film exhibits a saturable absorption characteristic of 10.4%. Being introduced into an Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) cavity, the MoAlB PVA thin film provides a stable Q-switched pulse at 1559 nm, which is achieved by adjusting the pump power above the threshold equal to 30.2 mW. The pulse has a maximum repetition frequency of 82.92 kHz, a minimum pulse width of 2.14 μm, and a maximum energy of 27.49 nJ at the pump power equal to 83.8 mW. Also we obtain the mode-locked pulse at 1560.1 nm, when the cavity length is extended to 205 m. The repetition frequency, pulse width, and time bandwidth product of the mode-locked pulse are 0.989 MHz, 3.82 ps, and 0.329, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that Q-switched and mode-locked pulses are obtained in a fiber laser based on MoAlB material.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe, Kaharudin Dimyati & Sulaiman Wadi Harun

  2. Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hormuud University , Mogadishu, Somalia

    Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe

  3. Department of Communication Engineering, Al-Ma’moon University College, Al-Washash, Baghdad, 700921, Iraq

    Bilal A. Ahmad

  4. Department of Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technology and Multidiscipline, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia

    Kaharudin Dimyati

  5. Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia , Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ahmad Haziq Aiman Rosol

  6. Department of Engineering and Built Environment, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC), Penang Branch Campus, 11200, Tanjong Bungah, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Nur Farhanah Zulkipli

  7. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia

    Retna Apsari

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Diblawe, A.M., Ahmad, B.A., Dimyati, K. et al. Molybdenum Aluminum Boride as the Q-Switcher and Mode-Locker in the Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Configuration. J Russ Laser Res 44, 68–76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-023-10109-x

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