Mechanically deposited tungsten disulfide saturable absorber for low-threshold Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser

In this paper, we report a Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser incorporating tungsten disulfide (WS2) as the saturable absorber. A direct mechanical deposition technique using a scotch tape is employed to place the WS2 powder onto the tip of a fiber ferrule. Several runs of mechanical extraction are...

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Main Authors: Lau, K. Y., Latif, A. A., Abu Bakar, M. H., Muhammad, F. D., Omar, M. F., Mahdi, M. A.
Format: Article
Published: Springer Verlag 2017
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