Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher
We successfully investigated the influence of thickness on the tunability performance of plasma-sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) as a Q-switcher. ITO is coated using direct current magnetron sputtering techniques with sputtering times of 150 s, 250 s, and 350 s to generate excellent quality ITO. Fi...
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| description | We successfully investigated the influence of thickness on the tunability performance of plasma-sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) as a Q-switcher. ITO is coated using direct current
magnetron sputtering techniques with sputtering times of 150 s, 250 s, and 350 s to generate excellent quality ITO. Filmetrics measures the thickness, yielding 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. A stable Q-switched pulse is achieved at an operating wavelength and peak power of 1562.30 nm and −6.47 dBm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 1561.40 nm and −3.19 dBm for the thickness of 30.70 nm, and 1560.2 nm and −2.44 dBm for the thickness of 38.90 nm. The thickness of 38.90 nm exhibit a high repetition rate of 43.60 kHz and narrow pulse width of 4.83 µs compared to other thickness. Employing the tunable bandpass filter in the
laser ring cavity gives the wide-tuning of the wavelength range of 19.69 nm, 31.86 nm, and 36.59 nm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. The tunability of Q-switched with the thicknesses of 30.70 nm and 38.90 nm is realized in the region of C-band to L-band. Regarding the authors’ expertise, this seems to be the first proposed influence of thickness on the tunability of plasma sputtered ITO that serves as saturable absorber in a
Q-switched pulse. |
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| spelling | uthm-93802023-07-30T07:10:09Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9380/ Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher Zalkepali, N U H H Mahmud, N N H E N Awang, N A Muhammad, N A M Zamri, A Z M T Technology (General) We successfully investigated the influence of thickness on the tunability performance of plasma-sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) as a Q-switcher. ITO is coated using direct current magnetron sputtering techniques with sputtering times of 150 s, 250 s, and 350 s to generate excellent quality ITO. Filmetrics measures the thickness, yielding 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. A stable Q-switched pulse is achieved at an operating wavelength and peak power of 1562.30 nm and −6.47 dBm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 1561.40 nm and −3.19 dBm for the thickness of 30.70 nm, and 1560.2 nm and −2.44 dBm for the thickness of 38.90 nm. The thickness of 38.90 nm exhibit a high repetition rate of 43.60 kHz and narrow pulse width of 4.83 µs compared to other thickness. Employing the tunable bandpass filter in the laser ring cavity gives the wide-tuning of the wavelength range of 19.69 nm, 31.86 nm, and 36.59 nm for the thickness of 17.80 nm, 30.70 nm, and 38.90 nm, respectively. The tunability of Q-switched with the thicknesses of 30.70 nm and 38.90 nm is realized in the region of C-band to L-band. Regarding the authors’ expertise, this seems to be the first proposed influence of thickness on the tunability of plasma sputtered ITO that serves as saturable absorber in a Q-switched pulse. IOP 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9380/1/J15905_38796a834137ac0a10cacd40c2a6ac69.pdf Zalkepali, N U H H and Mahmud, N N H E N and Awang, N A and Muhammad, N A M and Zamri, A Z M (2023) Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher. Laser Physics, 33. pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1555-6611/acbccf |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Zalkepali, N U H H Mahmud, N N H E N Awang, N A Muhammad, N A M Zamri, A Z M Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title | Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title_full | Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title_fullStr | Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title_short | Influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as Q-switcher |
| title_sort | influence of thickness on tunability performance of plasma sputtered indium tin oxide as q-switcher |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
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