Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser operating at 1073 nm using a carbon nanotubes saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Al-Masoodi, A.H.H., Ismail, M.F., Ahmad, F., Kasim, N., Munajat, Y., Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2014
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/14299/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.28447/abstract

A stable passive Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) operating at 1073-nm region is demonstrated using single-walled carbon-nanotubes (SWCNTs) as a saturable absorber (SA). The SA is prepared using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a host polymer and integrated in the YDFL ring cavity by sandwich...