Effect of the residual doping on the performance of InN epilayers as saturable absorbers for ultrafast lasers at 1.55µm

We report on the improvement of performance of InN-based saturable absorbers in fiber lasers operating at 1.55 mum by reducing the residual doping, due to the lower Burstein-Moss effect. The improved tuning of the band-to-band transition with respect to the operation wavelength leads to an enhanceme...

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Autores: Monroy Lafuente, Laura|||0000-0002-1764-2267, Jiménez Rodríguez, Marco, Ruterana, Pierre, Monroy, Eva, González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Naranjo Vega, Fernando Bernabé|||0000-0002-2119-6749
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/38450
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38450
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.002785
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electrónica
Electronics
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Sumario:We report on the improvement of performance of InN-based saturable absorbers in fiber lasers operating at 1.55 mum by reducing the residual doping, due to the lower Burstein-Moss effect. The improved tuning of the band-to-band transition with respect to the operation wavelength leads to an enhancement of nonlinear optical effects, resulting in 30 % of modulation depth. We introduce the development of an ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser using an improved InN-based saturable absorber that incorporates a buffer layer between the active layer and the substrate. The laser delivers output pulses with a temporal width of 220 fs, a repetition rate of 5.25 MHz, and high-pulse energy of 5.8 nJ.