Theoretical study on multi-range pulsewidth tuning in a dissipative soliton laser mode-locked by a Dirac semimetal

Ultrashort pulse fiber lasers with tunable pulsewidth have a wide range of applications in telecommunication, micro-fabrication, and nonlinear bioimaging. In this paper, we reported the simulation of multi-range pulsewidth-tunable ultrashort pulse laser generation in a mode-locked Er3+ doped fiber laser based on Cd3As2 as a saturable absorber (SA) for the first time. By changing the modulation depth (MD) of Cd3As2 SA from 35% to 75% at the different net normal dispersion, the pulsewidth of the fiber laser is tuned from 4.07 to 48.9 ps. In our simulation, the maximum single tunable range (20.3-48.9 ps) can be obtained when we use a long normal dispersion fiber to increase the net normal dispersion of the cavity, and the minimum tunable range of 1.68-2.45 ps is also achieved by further simultaneously decreasing the cavity length and the net normal dispersion. This model of a mode-locked fiber laser controlled by the MD of Cd3As2 SA provides a simple, reliable, and low-cost solution for a variety of applications that require width-tunable pulses. (c) 2023 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0138435