Nanosecond Pulse Generation with Silver Nanoparticle Saturable Absorber

• Main Authors: Rosdin, Raja Zaimas Rosdin Raja, Ahmad, Muhammad Taufiq, Muhammad, Ahmad Razif, Jusoh, Zulzilawati, Arof, Hamzah, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: IOP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23637/; https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/36/5/054202

Nanosecond pulse generation in an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) passively mode-locked by a silver nanoparticle (SNP)-based saturable absorber (SA) is experimentally demonstrated. The SA is fabricated by depositing a nanosized SNP layer onto the surface of polyvinyl alcohol film through the thermal...