TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of MAX phase chromium aluminum carbide thin film thickness on Q-switched Erbium-doped fiber lasers
AU - Mohammed Najm, Mustafa
AU - Shakir Al-Hiti, Ahmed
AU - Nizamani, Bilal
AU - Najm Abdullah, Mohammed
AU - Rosol, A. H.A.
AU - Zhang, Pei
AU - Mohammed Najm, Sarah
AU - Arof, Hamzah
AU - Cheak Tiu, Zian
AU - Yasin, Moh
AU - Wadi Harun, Sulaiman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - In recent years, chromium aluminum carbide (Cr2AlC) has gained attention because of its good performance in terms of high-temperature resistance, transparency and conductivity. Therefore, it has been widely used in solar cells, photonics and electronics. Although some related characteristics are investigated in pulse lasers, the effect of thin film thickness in generating laser pulses have not been reported. Therefore, the effect of thin film thickness on the performance of Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is explored in this work. Two films of different thicknesses were applied to generate Q-switched laser pulses. The thickness of the films were about 45 µm and 16 µm and they were prepared by a casting method with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The effects of two different film thicknesses on laser performance were investigated separately. The results show that the film thickness affects the modulation depth, saturation intensity and insertion loss of SA, which in turn effects the Q-switched laser pulses.
AB - In recent years, chromium aluminum carbide (Cr2AlC) has gained attention because of its good performance in terms of high-temperature resistance, transparency and conductivity. Therefore, it has been widely used in solar cells, photonics and electronics. Although some related characteristics are investigated in pulse lasers, the effect of thin film thickness in generating laser pulses have not been reported. Therefore, the effect of thin film thickness on the performance of Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is explored in this work. Two films of different thicknesses were applied to generate Q-switched laser pulses. The thickness of the films were about 45 µm and 16 µm and they were prepared by a casting method with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The effects of two different film thicknesses on laser performance were investigated separately. The results show that the film thickness affects the modulation depth, saturation intensity and insertion loss of SA, which in turn effects the Q-switched laser pulses.
KW - CrAlC
KW - Q-switched laser
KW - Saturable-absorber
KW - Thin film thickness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.yofte.2022.102853
DO - 10.1016/j.yofte.2022.102853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125807292
SN - 1068-5200
VL - 70
JO - Optical Fiber Technology
JF - Optical Fiber Technology
M1 - 102853
ER -