Graphene-induced nonlinear four-wave-mixing and its application to multiwavelength Q-switched rare-earth-doped fiber lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2732-2739

  Luo, Zhengqian ^a   Zhou, Min ^a   Wu, Duanduan ^a   Ye, Chenchun ^a   Weng, Jian ^a   Dong, Jun ^a   Xu, Huiying ^a   Cai, Zhiping ^a   Chen, Lujian ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; graphene; multiwavelength; optical nonlinearity; Q switched; saturable absorption

Indexed keywords

MULTIWAVELENGTH; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGIES; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; RARE-EARTH-DOPED FIBER LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SIMULTANEOUS LASING; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE; SPECTRAL BROADENING; WAVEBANDS; WAVELENGTH SPACING;

ABSORPTION; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; GRAPHENE; PULSE REPETITION RATE; YTTERBIUM;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 80052048307     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2164238     Document Type: Article

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