Q-switched erbium-doped fibre laser via sub-micron nickel particles saturable absorber

IF 2.6 3区计算机科学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Optical Fiber Technology Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI:10.1016/j.yofte.2025.104139

Siti Asma Che Aziz , Norita Mohd Yusoff , Nadiah Husseini Zainol Abidin , Mohammed Thamer Alresheedi , Eng Khoon Ng , Mohd Adzir Mahdi

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Abstract

We demonstrate a sandwich-type saturable absorber (SA) configuration of sub-micron nickel (Ni) particles aimed at generating Q-switched pulses in an erbium-doped fibre laser. The Ni-SA was fabricated by depositing the Ni materials in between two fibre ferrules with 2.38% modulation depth and 225 MW/cm² saturation intensity. The integration of the Ni-SA in a ring cavity laser generated Q-switched pulses at around 1559 nm lasing wavelength. The pulse operation regime was obtained within 70–250 mW pump power, in which the pulse width and repetition rate were tuneable from 13.98 to 5.12 µs and 25.74 to 55.72 kHz, respectively. Meanwhile, the maximum achievable output power and pulse energy at 250 mW were up to 5.55 mW and 99.71 nJ, respectively. This work unlocks new possibilities of generating high energy microsecond pulses for valuable applications in the near future.

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Optical Fiber Technology 工程技术-电信学

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

11.10%

发文量

327

审稿时长

63 days

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