Title :
Ultrafast fiber laser mode-locked by graphene based saturable absorber
Author :
Sun, Z. ; Hasan, T. ; Popa, D. ; Torrisi, F. ; Wang, F. ; Bonaccorso, F. ; Ferrari, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
A Graphene-based saturable absorber is fabricated using wet chemistry techniques. We use it to passively mode-lock an Erbium doped fiber laser. ∼500fs pulses are produced at 1560nm with a 5.2nm spectrum bandwidth.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Chemical lasers; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Polymers; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
