Self-assembled graphene membrane as an ultrafast mode-locker in an erbium fiber laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1790-1792

  Gui, Lili ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Xiao, Xiaosheng ^a   Zhu, Hongwei ^a   Wang, Kunlin ^a   Wu, Dehai ^a   Yang, Changxi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene saturable absorber; mode locked fiber laser; self assembly

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CAPILLARY FORCE; ERBIUM DOPED; ERBIUM FIBER LASERS; HYDROPHOBIC NATURE; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LASER CAVITY; LIQUID/AIR INTERFACE; MODE-LOCKED; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD; ULTRA-FAST;

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLITONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GRAPHENE;

EID: 81155123836     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2169660     Document Type: Article

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