Title :
Enhancing the performance of graphene oxide saturable absorbers by adding chromium and titanium to ytterbium doped Q-switched fiber laser
Author :
Mironov, Evgeny G. ; Liming Liu ; Khaleque, Abdul ; Toe, Wen Jun ; Reece, Peter J. ; Hattori, Haroldo T.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., UNSW Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We show that the addition of chromium to a graphene oxide Q-switched laser leads to a reduction in the duration of the pulses from 9.4 μs to 3.5 μs.
Keywords :
Q-switching; chromium; fibre lasers; graphene; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; titanium; ytterbium; chromium; graphene oxide saturable absorbers; time 3.5 mus; time 9.4 mus; titanium; ytterbium doped Q-switched fiber laser; Absorption; Chromium; Graphene; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
