Mode-locked thulium doped fiber laser with zinc oxide saturable absorber for 2 μm operation

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Harith, Samion, Muhamad Zharif, Kamely, A.A., Ismail, Mohammad Faizal
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20139/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2018.12.037
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In this work, a 2.0-µm mode-locked thulium doped fiber laser is demonstrated using zinc oxide (ZnO) as the saturable absorber (SA) in a thulium doped fiber laser (TDFL). The ZnO nanorods was prepared by the facile hydrothermal method, and then embedded in polyethylene oxide composite film to form th...