Title :
163 nJ graphene mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser
Author :
Liu, Jiang ; Wu, Sida ; Yang, Quanhong ; Song, Yanrong ; Wang, Zhiyong ; Wang, Pu
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
High pulse-energy up to 163nJ is generated in a graphene mode-locked Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser with repetition-rate of 1.04-MHz. Graphene passive-Q-switched operation of ~2.2μs pulse-width is also demonstrated with tunable repetition-rate from 6-kHz to 150-kHz.
Keywords :
Q-switching; graphene; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre cladding; ytterbium; C; Yb-doped fiber laser; double-clad fiber laser; graphene passive-Q-switched operation; high pulse-energy; mode-locked laser; tunable repetition-rate; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4