Title :
Graphene enabled 3 µm pulsed fiber lasers
Author :
Xiushan Zhu ; Fengqiu Wang ; Gongwen Zhu ; Chen Wei ; Yuanda Liu ; Yongbing Xu ; Balakrishnan, K. ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Graphene has emerged as innovative and effective saturable absorber for mid-infrared lasers. Pulsed erbium- and holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers in the 3 μm region based on graphene saturable absorbers are reported.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; graphene; holmium; lanthanum compounds; nanophotonics; optical saturable absorption; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; C; ZBLAN:Er; ZBLAN:Ho; graphene; holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers; mid-infrared lasers; pulsed erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers; pulsed fiber lasers; saturable absorber; wavelength 3 mum; Fiber lasers; Graphene; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
