Abstract
Operation stability is the main challenge that current existing saturable absorbers (SAs) are facing. In this paper, we report on two low chemical activity saturable absorbers, the tellurium dioxide and antimony trioxide thin film, for stable femtosecond pulse generation in 2 μm region. The nonlinear absorption of two oxides at 2 μm was firstly revealed and the extraordinary mode-locking performance based on two oxides was demonstrated. The phase noise and amplitude noise were also measured and analyzed, and the integrated RMS relative intensity noise was found to be 0.0196% and 0.0218% for TeO2 thin film and Sb2O3 thin film respectively. Great thermal stability and long-term stability were also confirmed. Heating the oxides coated area in atmosphere for hours and the lasers still could be mode-locked. Compared to low dimensional materials, the oxides proposed in this paper could be more suitable for robust mode locking in harsh environment. The broadened working conditions tolerance also enables new applications for optical modulators.
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