• 文献标题:   Wideband tunable Q-switched fiber laser using graphene as a saturable absorber
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AHMAD H, MUHAMMAD FD, ZULKIFLI MZ, HARUN SW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, saturable absorber, qswitching, erbiumdoped fiber laser, wide wavelength tuning range
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
  • ISSN:   0950-0340 EI 1362-3044
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Malaya
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1080/09500340.2013.842005
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

An ultra-wide wavelength tuning range, which covers three different band regions consisting of the S-, C-, and L-bands, is proposed and demonstrated for a graphene-based Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser using a tunable bandpass filter as the wavelength tuning and filtering mechanism. A 3m length of erbium-doped fiber is used as the gain medium in a ring laser cavity configuration, with absorption coefficients of between 11 and 13 dBm(-1) at 980nm and about 18dBm(-1) at 1550nm. The tuning range of the Q-switching pulses covers a wide wavelength range of 58nm, which spans from 1512.5nm to 1570.5nm. In addition, the lasing and Q-switching thresholds are considerably low, with respective values of approximate to 11.0mW and approximate to 18.4mW. A repetition rate of 55.3kHz is obtained at the maximum pump power of 100.4mW, together with pulse width and pulse energy of 1.6s and 25.8nJ, respectively.