Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber
We present the application of polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber (PM-TDF) as a saturable absorber in an erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber laser. A commercial erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) was employed in a ring cavity laser configuration with a sub-cavity that allowed bidir...
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| author | Al-Alimi, A.W. Mohd Yusoff, N. Cholan, N. A. Alresheedi, M. T. Abas, A. F. Talib, Z. A. Mahdi, M. A. |
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| description | We present the application of polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber (PM-TDF) as a saturable absorber in
an erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber laser. A commercial erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) was
employed in a ring cavity laser configuration with a sub-cavity that allowed bidirectional light propagation
through PM-TDF. The Q-switched pulse operation was attained at 1563 nm with EYDFA output power of 720 –
980 mW. At maximum output power, the shortest pulse width of 1.4 µs was attained at 29.4 kHz repetition rate,
with up to 41.7 mW of average output power and 1.44 µJ of pulse energy. The proposed fiber laser architecture
demonstrated good stability in the time and frequency domains, thus recognizing its potential for applications
that require high damage threshold saturable absorber devices. |
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| spelling | uthm-68892022-04-07T02:32:06Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6889/ Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber Al-Alimi, A.W. Mohd Yusoff, N. Cholan, N. A. Alresheedi, M. T. Abas, A. F. Talib, Z. A. Mahdi, M. A. TA213-215 Engineering machinery, tools, and implements We present the application of polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber (PM-TDF) as a saturable absorber in an erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber laser. A commercial erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier (EYDFA) was employed in a ring cavity laser configuration with a sub-cavity that allowed bidirectional light propagation through PM-TDF. The Q-switched pulse operation was attained at 1563 nm with EYDFA output power of 720 – 980 mW. At maximum output power, the shortest pulse width of 1.4 µs was attained at 29.4 kHz repetition rate, with up to 41.7 mW of average output power and 1.44 µJ of pulse energy. The proposed fiber laser architecture demonstrated good stability in the time and frequency domains, thus recognizing its potential for applications that require high damage threshold saturable absorber devices. Elsevier 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6889/1/J13907_60b56ada75512e8fb51abdf3e0ba3476.pdf Al-Alimi, A.W. and Mohd Yusoff, N. and Cholan, N. A. and Alresheedi, M. T. and Abas, A. F. and Talib, Z. A. and Mahdi, M. A. (2022) Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber. Results in Physics, 33. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2211-3797 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2021.105167 |
| spellingShingle | TA213-215 Engineering machinery, tools, and implements Al-Alimi, A.W. Mohd Yusoff, N. Cholan, N. A. Alresheedi, M. T. Abas, A. F. Talib, Z. A. Mahdi, M. A. Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title | Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title_full | Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title_fullStr | Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title_short | Q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| title_sort | q-switched fiber laser employing a passive polarization-maintaining
thulium-doped fiber as a saturable absorber |
| topic | TA213-215 Engineering machinery, tools, and implements |
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