Erbium Oxide as new Saturable Absorber for Short-Pulse Generation at 1.55-micron region. (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baharom, M F; Zulkefli, N F; Mahyuddin, M B H; Latiff, A A; Muhammad, A R; Harun, S W
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1151(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: Fiber lasers -- Q-switching operation -- passive saturable absorber -- Erbium oxide; Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1151/1/012025
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: This paper reported on demonstration of Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) by incorporating erbium oxide (Er2 O3 ) film as a saturable absorber (SA). The EDFL was constructed in ring cavity formation, where the Q-switching operation performances are capture out from 10 % port of 10 dB coupler. A stable Q-switched laser obtained at 1564 nm peak wavelength with a repetition rate from 72 kHz to 109 kHz, which corresponds to the pump power trend. Looking into this preliminary finding, the Er2 O3 film has a potential to be utilized as an SA for short pulsed fiber laser generation.