Q-switching pulses generation with samarium oxide film saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Nur F., Zulkifli, Malathy*, Batumalay, Farina, S.M.Samsamnun, Mohamad, B.H.Mahyuddin, Tengku F., T.M.N.Izam, Muhammad I.M., A.Khudus, Sulaiman, W.Harun
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley Online Library 2019
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1373/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mop.32118
• Institution: INTI International University

Q‐switching pulses generation in an erbium‐doped fiber laser (EDFL) was demonstrated by using a samarium oxide (Sm2O3) film as a saturable absorber (SA) for the first time. The passively Q‐switched EDFL operated stably at 1567 nm with tunable repetition rates, ranging from 47 to 66 kHz with the incr...