Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser with zinc oxide based saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Salim, M.A.M., Ismail, Mohammad Faizal, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: IOP Publishing 2016
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17782/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/26/11/115107

A Q-switched ytterbium doped fiber laser (YDFL) with a ZnO saturable absorber (SA) is used to demonstrate the generation of pulses in the 1 micron region. The system has a Q-switching threshold of approximately 115.2 mW, and can generate pulses with a 3.0 µs full-width at half maximum as well as a p...