Conductive graphene as passive saturable absorber with high instantaneous peak power and pulse energy in Q-switched regime
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
The Q-switched pulse regime is demonstrated by integrating conductive graphene as passive saturable absorber producing relatively high instantaneous peak power and pulse energy. The fabricated conductive graphene is investigated using Raman spectroscopy. The single wavelength Q-switching operates at 1558.28 nm at maximum input pump power of 151.47 mW. As the pump power is increased from threshold power of 51.6 mW to 151.47 mW, the pulse train repetition rate increases proportionally from 47.94 kHz to 67.8 kHz while the pulse width is reduced from 9.58 μs to 6.02 μs. The generated stable pulse produced maximum peak power and pulse energy of 32 mW and 206 nJ, respectively. The first beat node of the measured signal-to-noise ratio is about 62 dB indicating high pulse stability.
Keywords
Conductive graphene, passive saturable absorber, high instantaneous peak power, pulse energy, Q-switched regime
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM): UTM R&D Fund grant no: 4J304,Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) Scholarship Fund
Publication Title
Results in Physics
Volume
9
Publisher
Elsevier