Abstract
Abstract This study demonstrates the synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide/cerium oxide (rGO/CeO2) composite and its successful use as a saturable absorber (SA) in ultrafast photonics. The rGO/CeO2 composite was synthesized using a facile hydrothermal approach, and an arc-shaped fiber was fabricated using a polishing technique. The arc-shaped fiber employed indirect evanescent field coupling, allowing interaction between the composite material and the laser, which facilitated the generation of mode-locked pulses. An arc-shaped fiber drop-casted with rGO/CeO2 was connected to a 2.0 µm laser source, achieving a modulation depth of 50.16%. The emitted laser pulses have a duration of 1.776 ps, an operational wavelength of 1904 nm, and a spectral bandwidth (FWHM) of 2.76 nm. The pulse energy was 89.36 pJ with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 63 dB. This study introduces rGO/CeO2 embedded in an arc-shaped fiber as an effective SA, exhibiting favorable nonlinear optical absorption in the near 2.0 µm wavelength region, making it suitable for applications in ultrafast photonics.
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