Large energy mode locking of an erbium-doped fiber laser with atomic layer graphene

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 17630-17635

  Zhang, H ^a   Tang, D Y ^a   Zhao, L M ^a   Bao, Q L ^b   Loh, K P ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; LASER MODE LOCKING; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

ATOMIC LAYER; ENERGY MODES; ENERGY PULSE; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PULSEWIDTHS; SINGLE PULSE ENERGY; STABLE MODES;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE LASER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349696851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017630     Document Type: Article

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