Q-switched Yb-doped fiber laser operating at 1073 nm using a carbon nanotubes saturable absorber

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1770-1773

  Al Masoodi, A H H ^a   Ismail, M F ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   Kasim, N ^b   Munajat, Yusof ^b   Ahmad, H ^a   Harun, Sulaiman Wadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; passive Q switcher; Q switching; Ytterbium doped fiber laser

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBER LASERS; PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; YTTERBIUM;

FIBER CONNECTOR; MAXIMUM PUMP POWER; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHED; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHER; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); REPETITION RATE; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84901442100     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.28447     Document Type: Article

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