A Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser with a graphene saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Ismail, M.A., Ahmad, F., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi, Arof, Hamzah, Ahmad, Harith
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10283/1/A_Q-switched_erbium-doped_fiber_laser.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10283/; http://iopscience.iop.org/1612-202X/10/2/025102

We demonstrate a simple, compact and low cost Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) exploiting a graphene saturable absorber (GSA) for possible applications in metrology, sensing and medical diagnostics. The EDFL operates at 1560 nm with repetition rates of 31.3 kHz and 25 kHz with GSA1 and GSA...