Title :
Erbium doped fiber laser mode locked by graphene in carboxymethylcellulose polymer composite
Author :
Chengbo Mou ; Arif, Raz ; Lobach, Anatoly S. ; Spitsina, Nataliya G. ; Kazakov, Valery A. ; Turitsyn, Sergei ; Rozhin, Aleksey
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We have presented and demonstrated efficient mode locking of erbium doped fiber laser using graphene carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) polymer composites. The laser gives out soliton pulse with duration of ~837 fs, and 0.19 nJ pulse energy.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; filled polymers; graphene; laser mode locking; optical solitons; C; carboxymethylcellulose; erbium doped fiber laser; graphene; laser mode locking; polymer composites; pulse energy; soliton pulse; Couplers; Graphene; Laser modes; Polymers; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th2A.28
