Q‐switching pulses generation with samarium oxide film saturable absorber

• Main Authors: Zulkipli, Nur Farhanah, Batumalay, Malathy, Samsamnun, Farina Saffa Mohamad, Mahyuddin, Mohamad Badrol Hisyam, Tengku Mohmed Noor Izam, Tengku Faiz, Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2020
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24559/; https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.32118
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

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...