Dissipative Soliton Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using NbAlC Nanomaterial Saturable Absorber.

We report the fabrication of an erbium-doped fiber-based saturable absorber (SA) of niobium aluminium carbide (NbAlC) nanomaterial that can generate a dissipative soliton mode-locked pulse. Stable mode-locked pulses operating at 1530 nm with repetition rates of 1 MHz and pulse widths of 6.375 ps were produced using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and the Nb2AlC nanomaterial.