Samarium (III) oxide thin film as a saturable absorber for the passively Q-switched Tm-doped fiber laser

• Main Authors: Rusdi, K.N., Hisyam, Mohamad Badrol, Mohd Rusdi, Muhammad Farid, Zulkipli, Nur F., Abdul Latiff, Anas, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Saidin, Norazlina
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79611/1/79611%20Samarium%20%28III%29%20oxide%20thin%20film%20as%20a%20saturable%20absorber.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79611/2/79611%20Samarium%20%28III%29%20oxide%20thin%20film%20as%20a%20saturable%20absorber%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79611/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1371/1/012026/pdf

We have demonstrated a passive Q-switched Thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL using samarium oxide (Sm2O3) nanomaterial as saturable absorber (SA). The Sm2O3 based SA was fabricated by simply mixing the Sm2O3 powder solution with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution. The homogeneously mixed solution was...