Q-switched Ytterbium doped fibre laser using gold nanoparticles saturable absorber fabricated by electron beam deposition

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Muhammad Taufiq, Muhammad, Ahmad Razif, Haris, Hazlihan, Rahim, Hazli Rafis Abdul, Zakaria, Rozalina, Ahmad, Harith, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24354/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.01.010

A stable Q-switched Ytterbium doped fibre laser (YDFL) is demonstrated based on ring cavity by incorporating gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) based saturable absorber (SA). The SA is fabricated by depositing AuNPs onto polyvinyl alcohol thin-film surface using electron beam deposition technique. The propo...