Figure 6
From: Can silicon carbide serve as a saturable absorber for passive mode-locked fiber lasers?

Performance of the EDFL with a SixC1−x saturable absorber.
(a) Nonlinear transmittance, (b) P–I curve, (c) optical spectra, (d) temporal shape and (e) RF signals of the fundamental mode-locking (Upper) and the solution (Lower) pulses of the passively mode-locked EDFL with a Si-rich (left), stoichiometric (middle) and C-rich (right) SixC1−x saturable absorber.