Aluminium zinc oxide as a saturable absorber for passively Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

Nizamani, Bilal and Jafry, A. A. A. and Salam, S. and Fizza, G. and Soboh, R. S. M. and Abdul Khudus, Muhammad Imran Mustafa and Hanafi, E. and Yasin, M. and Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2021) Aluminium zinc oxide as a saturable absorber for passively Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. Laser Physics, 31 (5). ISSN 1054-660X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1555-6611/abefe8.

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Abstract

Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) are widely integrated in the field of optoelectronics since they are optically transparent and electrically conductive at the same time. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is a well-developed TCO, but due to its high cost, aluminum zinc oxide (AZO) is now emerging as a promising low-cost replacement for ITO. This work reports on AZO thin film prepared with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a host material. The AZO-PVA thin film was incorporated into an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) as a saturable absorber for the first time. Both Q-switched and nanosecond pulse mode-locked operation were experimentally achieved. The Q-switched EDFL operated at the center wavelength of 1559.6 nm, which had the shortest pulse width of 2.2 mu s, the maximum repetition rate of 86 kHz and the highest pulse energy of 47.3 nJ. The mode-locked was achieved at the center wavelength of 1560.4 nm.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Airlangga University[346/UN3/2020]
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aluminum zinc oxide;Q-switching;Mode-locking
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science
Depositing User: Ms Zaharah Ramly
Date Deposited: 16 Jun 2022 04:55
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2022 04:55
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34239

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