Photonics Research, 2019, 7 (1): 01000014, Published Online: Feb. 21, 2019
Wideband tunable passively Q -switched fiber laser at 2.8 μm using a broadband carbon nanotube saturable absorber
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Fig. 1. TEM images of SWCNTs on the scale of (a) 100 nm and (b) 10 nm. (c) Raman spectrum.
Fig. 3. Schematic setup of the tunable carbon nanotube Q -switched Ho 3 + / Pr 3 + -codoped ZBLAN fiber laser.
Fig. 4. Q -switched pulse train at the launched pump power of 445.6 mW. Inset: corresponding optical and RF spectra.
Fig. 5. (a) Repetition rate and pulse duration, (b) output power and single pulse energy as functions of the launched pump power.
Fig. 6. Normalized spectra and the corresponding average output power from the tunable Q -switched laser.
Yanjia Lü, Chen Wei, Han Zhang, Zhe Kang, Guanshi Qin, Yong Liu. Wideband tunable passively