Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser operating at 1073 nm using a carbon nanotubes saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Al-Masoodi, Ahmed Hasan Hamood, Ismail, Mohammad Faizal, Ahmad, Fauzan, Kasim, N., Munajat, Yusof, Ahmad, H., Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2014
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62371/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mop.28447

A stable passive Q-switched Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) operating at 1073-nm region is demonstrated using single-walled carbon-nanotubes (SWCNTs) as a saturable absorber (SA). The SA is prepared using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a host polymer and integrated in the YDFL ring cavity by sandwich...