Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser with silicon oxycarbide saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Nizamani, Bilal, Memon, Faisal Ahmed, Umar, Zeshan Adeel, Salam, Sameer, Najm, Mustafa Mohammed, Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa, Hanafi, Effariza, Baig, Muhammed Aslam, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25523/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.165234

We have experimentally demonstrated a Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) by using silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) as saturable absorber (SA). The SiOC was prepared by reactive RF magnetron sputtering before being mechanically exfoliated and inserted in cavity to generate Q-switched pulses operatin...