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Q-Switched Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser with Molybdenum–Aluminum-Boride-Based Saturable Absorber

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We propose and demonstrate a new Q-switched thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL) by utilizing a passive saturable absorber (SA) based on Molybdenum–Aluminium boride (MoAlB). The MoAlB is a metal–ceramic-based material; it is embedded in polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) material to operate as the SA. The laser successfully generates stable Q-switched pulses operating at 1974.7 nm with a maximum repetition rate of 57.7 kHz and a minimum pulse width of 1.79 μs. A maximum pulse energy of 90.2 nJ is recorded at 436 mW pump power. Our experiment is the first demonstration on the use of MoAlB for the pulse laser generation in the 2 μm wavelength region.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe, Kaharudin Dimyati & Sulaiman Wadi Harun

  2. Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hormuud University, Mogadishu, 046, Somalia

    Abdulkadir Mukhtar Diblawe

  3. Department of Communication Engineering, Al-Ma’moon University College, Al-Washash, 700921, Baghdad, Iraq

    Bilal A. Ahmad

  4. Department of Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technology and Multidiscipline, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia

    Kaharudin Dimyati

  5. Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ahmad Haziq Aiman Rosol

  6. Faculty of Engineering and Quantity Surveying, INTI International University, 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

    Zian Cheak Tiu

  7. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia

    Retna Apsari

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Diblawe, A.M., Ahmad, B.A., Dimyati, K. et al. Q-Switched Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser with Molybdenum–Aluminum-Boride-Based Saturable Absorber. J Russ Laser Res 44, 172–178 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-023-10120-2

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