1.8 µm passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser
This work demonstrates a simple and reliable passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser capable of generating an output with a peak wavelength at 1.8 µm. Lasing is realized from the shorter wavelength region of a thulium-doped silica fiber gain medium by suppressing lasing at longer wavelengths...
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Elsevier
2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/24322/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2019.105757 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaya |
| Summary: | This work demonstrates a simple and reliable passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser capable of generating an output with a peak wavelength at 1.8 µm. Lasing is realized from the shorter wavelength region of a thulium-doped silica fiber gain medium by suppressing lasing at longer wavelengths in combination with a tunable bandpass filter. The laser is modulated by a single-walled carbon nanotube film saturable absorber. The generated Q-switched laser is capable of achieving a high repetition rate of 67.9 kHz and a narrow pulse width of 1.2 µs. As most work on the 1.6–1.8 µm waveband focuses on continuous-wave and mode-locked lasers, to the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a passively Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser operating at 1.8 µm with an all-silica fiber setup. The demonstrated laser has potential for various applications including biomedical surgery and polymer-based welding applications. © 2019 |
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