Stable and self-starting passively mode-locked fiber laser for 1.06 μm and 1.55 μm by using graphene oxide saturable absorber

Author

Hou-Ren Chen ; Chih-Ya Tsai ; Kuei-Huei Lin ; Jing-Yun Wang ; Wen-Feng Hsieh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2013

fDate

June 30 2013-July 4 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Graphene oxide/PVA film is used as saturable absorber for mode locking erbium-doped fiber laser and ytterbium-doped fiber laser. It provides modulation depths of 2.6% and 6% at 1.06 μm and 1.55 μm, respectively. Stable mode-locked pulses are obtained for both lasers confirming that graphene oxide is cost-effective for 1.06-μm and 1.55-μm pulse generations.

Keywords

erbium; fibre lasers; graphene; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical modulation; optical polymers; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; polymer films; ytterbium; CO; graphene oxide saturable absorber; graphene oxide-PVA film; mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser; mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser; modulation depths; pulse generations; saturable absorber; self-starting passively mode-locked fiber laser; stable passively mode-locked fiber laser; wavelength 1.06 mum; wavelength 1.55 mum; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600489

Filename

6600489