Quantum dot cadmium selenide as a saturable absorber for Q-switched and mode-locked double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber lasers

• Main Authors: Mahyuddin, Mohamad Badrol Hisyam, Latiff, Anas Abdul, Rusdi, Muhammad Farid Mohd, Irawati, Ninik, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19723/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2017.04.010

This paper demonstrates the integration of quantum dot (QD) cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanoparticles, which is embedded into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) film into an ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) cavity to produce Q-switched and mode-locked fiber lasers. The QD CdSe based film functions as a sa...