Molybdenum disulfide side-polished fiber saturable absorber Q-switched fiber laser

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Hassan, H., Safaei, R., Thambiratnam, K., Ismail, M.F., Amiri, I.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17564/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2017.04.071

A Q-switched fiber laser based on a Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) saturable absorber (SA) is proposed and demonstrated. A 3 m long erbium-doped fiber with an absorption coefficient of 11.3 dB/m at 979 nm acts as the linear gain medium of the laser. The SA is formed by depositing a MoS2 layer on a self...