Lanthanum hexaboride coated D-shaped fibre for Q-switched pulse generation

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作者
Omar, S. [1 ]
Musa, B. [1 ]
Ahmed, N. [1 ]
Jusoh, Z. [1 ]
Rahman, H. A. [2 ]
Rosol, A. H. A. [3 ,4 ]
Apsari, R. [5 ]
Harun, S. W. [3 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Teknol MARA, Coll Engn, Sch Elect Engn, Dungun, Malaysia
[2] Univ Teknol MARA, Coll Engn, Sch Elect Engn, Shah Alam, Malaysia
[3] Univ Malaya, Fac Engn, Dept Elect Engn, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[4] Airlangga Univ, Fac Adv Technol & Multidiscipline, Surabaya, Indonesia
[5] Airlangga Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Surabaya, Indonesia
关键词
Lanthanum hexaboride; Q-switching; D-shaped fibre; passive saturable absorber; SATURABLE ABSORBER; MODE-LOCKING; LASER; FEMTOSECOND;
D O I
10.1080/09500340.2022.2108152
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6)-coated D-shape fibre was successfully employed in an erbium-doped fibre laser cavity as a saturable absorber (SA) for pulse generation via the Q-switching mechanism. The Q-switched laser was obtained with an operation wavelength of 1561.4 nm within a pump power range between 82.0 and 97.6 mW. The maximum pulse rate of 57.41 kHz, minimum pulse duration of 4.49 mu s and maximum pulse energy of 73.94 nJ were obtained at a 97.6 mW pump. Our results indicate that LaB6 is a promising SA material used for generating a stable and low-cost pulsed laser.
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页码:1016 / 1021
页数:6
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