Issue 5, 2023

Mode-locking pulse generation based on lead-free halide perovskite CsCu2I3 micro-rods with high stability

Abstract

The industrialization and commercialization of optoelectronic devices require the exploration of novel materials with high stability, nontoxicity, and large-scale manufacturing. The all-inorganic lead-free halide perovskite nanomaterial CsCu2I3 has been widely reported in applications in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors (PDs), photovoltaics, and so on, due to its good environmental stability and unique optoelectronic properties. However, research on ultrafast photonics has rarely been carried out so far. Here, high quality CsCu2I3 micro-rods were fabricated via a solvent evaporation crystallization method. The high thermodynamic stability and the broadband response of CsCu2I3-based optoelectronic devices have been predicted by density functional theory (DFT), revealing their feasibility for exploitation in fiber laser systems. The nonlinear characteristic of CsCu2I3 micro-rods was measured using a balanced twin-detector system, with a modulation depth of 12.04%. Utilizing its remarkable nonlinear optical response and intrinsic stability, a passively mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser based on a CsCu2I3 saturable absorber was achieved. Significantly, the fiber laser could operate stably for at least five months. These experimental results demonstrate that CsCu2I3 micro-rods are ultra-stable, and can serve as a promising optical modulation material to produce an ultrafast and long-stability pulse in fiber laser applications.

Graphical abstract: Mode-locking pulse generation based on lead-free halide perovskite CsCu2I3 micro-rods with high stability

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Sept. 2022
Accepted
28 Nov. 2022
First published
03 Dec. 2022

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023,11, 1696-1703

Mode-locking pulse generation based on lead-free halide perovskite CsCu2I3 micro-rods with high stability

H. Deng, X. Xu, F. Liu, Q. Yu, B. Shu, Z. Yang, S. Zhu, Q. Zhang, J. Wu and P. Zhou, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 1696 DOI: 10.1039/D2TC04148K

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