Q-switched double-clad Ytterbium-doped fiber laser using MoS2 flakes saturable absorber

By sandwiching MoS2 thin flakes between two fiber ferrule connectors in the ring cavity, we successfully demonstrate the passive Q-switched fiber laser operation. The cavity consists of all-fiber double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) as a gain medium and MoS2 tape as a saturable absorber (SA). The...

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Main Authors: Tey, K. L., Rahman, M. F. A., Rosol, A. H. A., Rusdi, M. F. M., Mahyuddin, M. B. H., Harun, S. W., Latiff, A. A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorbers
Connectors
Doped fibers
Fiber lasers
Flakes
mechanical exfoliation
Molybdenum disulfide
passive saturable absorber
Pulse duration
pulsed laser
Q switched lasers
Ytterbium
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Summary:By sandwiching MoS2 thin flakes between two fiber ferrule connectors in the ring cavity, we successfully demonstrate the passive Q-switched fiber laser operation. The cavity consists of all-fiber double-clad ytterbium-doped fiber (YDF) as a gain medium and MoS2 tape as a saturable absorber (SA). The SA was prepared from a commercial MoS2 crystal (~ 99.8 % purity) through mechanical exfoliation process. A piece of 1 mm x 1 mm tape contains MoS2 thin flakes was sandwiched between two fiber connectors. By controlling loss and gain in the cavity, stable Q-switching operation were generated. The repetition rate was tunable from 4.8 kHz to 17.2 kHz as the pump power is varied from 753 mW to 1133 mW. The obtained pulse width is also narrowed from 21.3 µs to 10.44 µs with the same variation of pump power.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/210/1/012054