All-fiber graphene passively q-switched nanosecond thulium doped fiber laser at 1900 nm

• Main Authors: Saidin, Norazlina, Ahmad, Fauzan, Zen, D. I. M., Hamida, Belal Ahmed, Khan, Sheroz, Ahmad , Harith B., Dimyati, Kaharudin, Harun, S. W.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/41909/1/A_Q-switched_thulium-doped_fiber_laser_with_a_graphene_thin_film_based_saturable_absorber.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41909/; http://ims.ieeemalaysia.org/icsima/13/

We successfully demonstrated a simple, compact and low cost passive Q-switched Thulium doped fiber laser (TDFL) at long wavelength of 1854.3 nm regions in conjunction with 1552 nm pump excitation. A stable pulse has been generated using graphene film based saturable absorber (SA). The graphene...