Q-switched Erbium Doped Fiber Laser Incorporating Antimony (III) Telluride in Polyvinyl Alcohol as Saturable Absorber

Ismail, Ezzatul Irradah and Ashraf Zolkopli, S Muhammad and Lokman, Muhammad Quisar and Yahaya, Hafizal and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi and Ahmad, Fauzan (2018) Q-switched Erbium Doped Fiber Laser Incorporating Antimony (III) Telluride in Polyvinyl Alcohol as Saturable Absorber. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 10 (2). pp. 409-415. ISSN 2502-4752, DOI https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i2.pp409-415.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v10.i2.pp409-415

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrated a Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL) incorporating Antimony (III) Telluride (Sb 2 Te 3 ) in polyvinyl alchohol (PVA) as passive saturable absorber. The saturable absorber was fabricated by dissolving Antimony (III) Telluride powder into PVA solution and dry in the ambient temperature for 48 hours. Then, 1 mm 2 x 1 mm 2 Sb 2 Te 3 -PVA film based saturable absorber were sandwiched in between FC/PC ferrule for Q-switched laser generation. The stable and self-started Q-switched laser operates at center wavelength 1560 nm with 3 dB bandwidth of 0.23 nm. The laser operates at pump power of 29.3 mW until 84.9 mW with repetition rate of 20.99 kHz to 89.29 kHz and pulse width of 13.95 µs to 5.10 µs. At maximum pump power, the laser able to achieve pulse energy of 62.72 nJ and high signal to noise ratio of 71.4.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM): UTM R&D Fund grant no: 4J304, Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) Scholarship Fund
Uncontrolled Keywords: Antimony (III) Telluride; Q-Switched; Saturable absorber
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2019 07:34
Last Modified: 05 Aug 2019 07:34
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/21786

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