Title :
Monolayer graphene saturable absorber for bulk laser mode-locking
Author :
Cho, Won Bae ; Lee, Hwang Woon ; Choi, Sun Young ; Kim, Jun Wan ; Yeom, Dong-Il ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Kim, Jinho ; Hong, Byung Hee
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
Abstract :
Monolayer graphene was synthesized and used to develop novel saturable absorbers for bulk solid-state laser mode-locking. The graphene mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser delivers stable 130-fs pulses at 1.25 µ with output powers up to 230 mW.
Keywords :
Laser mode locking;
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
