This application belongs to the field of saturable absorbers, and particularly relates to a saturable absorber based on
tantalum nitride quantum dots, its preparation method, and a mode-locked
fiber laser. The
tantalum nitride quantum dots in the saturable absorber provided by this application, as topological half-metals, exhibit excellent optical properties and
saturation intensity. When a
laser beam passes through the
tantalum nitride quantum dots on the saturable absorber, the
laser can quickly reach saturation, enabling the output of ultrafast lasers with a repetition frequency and stable laser mode-locking
signal. This solves the technical problem of low performance in existing saturable absorbers based on two-dimensional materials.