Title :
Sub-100-fs mode-locking of the Cr:YAG laser using monolayer graphene saturable absorber
Author :
Di Dio Cafiso, Samuele Davide ; Ugolotti, Elena ; Schmidt, A. ; Petrov, Valentin ; Griebner, Uwe ; Agnesi, Antonio ; Won Bae Cho ; Bo Hee Jung ; Rotermund, Fabian ; Sukang Bae ; Byung Hee Hong ; Reali, Gianluca ; Pirzio, F.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We report on mode-locking of a Cr:YAG laser at 1516 nm with a monolayer-graphene-based saturable absorber of transmission type generating ~90-fs pulses at an average output power exceeding 100 mW.
Keywords :
chromium; graphene; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; monolayers; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; Cr:YAG laser; YAG:Cr; monolayer graphene saturable absorber; sub-100-fs mode-locking; wavelength 1516 nm; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Optical saturation; Pump lasers; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
