A tunable-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser based on organic metal 8-hydroxyquinoline chelate as a saturable absorber

Sameer Salam; Salam M. Azooz; Bilal Nizamani; Pei Zhang; Ahmed H. H. Al‐Masoodi; Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe; M. Yasin; Sulaiman W. Harun

doi:10.1016/j.infrared.2023.104637

A tunable-wavelength Q-switched fiber laser based on organic metal 8-hydroxyquinoline chelate as a saturable absorber

Sameer Salam, Salam M. Azooz, Bilal Nizamani, Pei Zhang, Ahmed H. H. Al‐Masoodi, Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe, M. Yasin, Sulaiman W. Harun

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This work demonstrates the potential of organic metal 8-hydroxyquinoline chelate, Znq₂, as a thin film saturable absorber (SA) in a fiber laser cavity. The SA has a modulation depth and saturation intensity of 16.6 % and 95 MW/cm², respectively. The Q-switched laser had a repetition rate increased from 45 - 85 kHz, while the pulse width shortened from 6.6 - 2.8 µs as the pump power increased from 38 - 198 mW. The laser has a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 57.4 dB at a central wavelength of 1560 nm. The laser produced a tunable-wavelength operation when a tunable bandpass filter was used in the cavity. The wavelength was continuously tuned between 1520 - 1563 nm with a very stable performance.

Original language	English
Article number	104637
Journal	Infrared Physics and Technology
Volume	131
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2023.104637
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

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