FIrpic thin film as saturable absorber for passively Q-switched and mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

• Main Authors: Salam, Sameer, Al-Masoodi, A.H.H., Al-Hiti, Ahmed Shakir, Al-Masoodi, Ab H.H., Wang, Pengfei, Wong, Wei Ru, Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23568/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2019.04.005

In this paper, we demonstrate the generation of passive all-fiber Q-switched and mode locked erbium doped fiber lasers (EDFLs) by using Bis[2-(4,6-difluorophenyl)pyridinato-C2,N](picolinato) iridium(III) (FIrpic) as a saturable absorber (SA). The material was prepared by solvent-casting technique an...