A stable Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser emitting at 1558 nm is demonstrated using a cadmium selenide（CdSe） material coated onto a side-polished D-shape fiber as the saturable absorber（SA）. By elevating the in...A stable Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser emitting at 1558 nm is demonstrated using a cadmium selenide（CdSe） material coated onto a side-polished D-shape fiber as the saturable absorber（SA）. By elevating the input pump power from the threshold of 91 mW to the maximum available power of 136 mW, a pulse train with a maximum repetition rate of 57.44 kHz, minimum pulse width of 3.76 us, maximum average output power of7.99 mW, maximum pulse energy of 0.1391 uJ, and maximum peak power of 36.99 mW are obtained. The signalto-noise ratio of the spectrum is measured to be around 75 dB. This CdSe based SA is simple, robust, and reliable,and thus suitable for making a portable pulse laser source.展开更多
A 1550 nm Q-switched fiber laser using a carbon platinum saturable absorber deposited on side-polished fiber（SPF） is proposed and demonstrated. The SPF is approximately 2 mm with a polarization-dependent loss（PDL）...A 1550 nm Q-switched fiber laser using a carbon platinum saturable absorber deposited on side-polished fiber（SPF） is proposed and demonstrated. The SPF is approximately 2 mm with a polarization-dependent loss（PDL）of 0.4 dB and an insertion loss of 2.5 dB. A stable Q-switched output spectrum is obtained at 1559.34 nm with a peak power of ~6 mW, a pulse width of 1.02 μs, pulse energy of 5.8 nJ, average output power of 0.76 mW, and a repetition rate of 131.6 kHz taken at a pump power of 230.0 mW. A signal-to-noise ratio of 49.62 d B indicates that the Q-switched pulse is highly stable.展开更多
We report fabrication and modeling of a fiber half-coupler based gain-flattening device for EDFA. Using such a device, flattening of the ASE spectrum of an EDFA is also demonstrated.
文摘A stable Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser emitting at 1558 nm is demonstrated using a cadmium selenide（CdSe） material coated onto a side-polished D-shape fiber as the saturable absorber（SA）. By elevating the input pump power from the threshold of 91 mW to the maximum available power of 136 mW, a pulse train with a maximum repetition rate of 57.44 kHz, minimum pulse width of 3.76 us, maximum average output power of7.99 mW, maximum pulse energy of 0.1391 uJ, and maximum peak power of 36.99 mW are obtained. The signalto-noise ratio of the spectrum is measured to be around 75 dB. This CdSe based SA is simple, robust, and reliable,and thus suitable for making a portable pulse laser source.
基金supported by the Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia(MOHE)under the grants LRGS(2015)NGOD/UM/KPT and GA010-2014(ULUNG)the University of Malaya under the grant RU 010-2016
文摘A 1550 nm Q-switched fiber laser using a carbon platinum saturable absorber deposited on side-polished fiber（SPF） is proposed and demonstrated. The SPF is approximately 2 mm with a polarization-dependent loss（PDL）of 0.4 dB and an insertion loss of 2.5 dB. A stable Q-switched output spectrum is obtained at 1559.34 nm with a peak power of ~6 mW, a pulse width of 1.02 μs, pulse energy of 5.8 nJ, average output power of 0.76 mW, and a repetition rate of 131.6 kHz taken at a pump power of 230.0 mW. A signal-to-noise ratio of 49.62 d B indicates that the Q-switched pulse is highly stable.
文摘We report fabrication and modeling of a fiber half-coupler based gain-flattening device for EDFA. Using such a device, flattening of the ASE spectrum of an EDFA is also demonstrated.
