Lawsone dye material as potential saturable absorber for Q-switched erbium doped fiber laser

• Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) film was proposed as saturable absorber. • It was fabricated using liquid-phase exfoliation technique. • Q-switched pulse was realized with the lawsone saturable absorber. • Q-switched laser has the shortest pulse width of 1.7 µs, the highest pulse energy of...
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• Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) film was proposed as saturable absorber. • It was fabricated using liquid-phase exfoliation technique. • Q-switched pulse was realized with the lawsone saturable absorber. • Q-switched laser has the shortest pulse width of 1.7 µs, the highest pulse energy of 53 nJ. • The Q-switched laser operated at 1564 nm. Ausführliche Beschreibung