Reduced Graphene Oxide-Silver Nanoparticles for Optical Pulse Generation in Ytterbium- and Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Albaqawi, Hissah Saedoon, Yusoff, Norazriena, Reduan, Siti Aisyah, Chong, Wu Yi
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25220/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66253-w

This work has demonstrated the potential of a reduced graphene oxide silver/polyvinyl alcohol (rGO-Ag/PVA) film as a saturable absorber (SA) in ytterbium and erbium based Q-switched optical fiber lasers. The facile hydrothermal method was used to synthesize the nanocomposite between rGO and Ag nanop...