Switchable dual-wavelength synchronously Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on graphene saturable absorber

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 869-876

  Wang, Z T ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Zhao, C J ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Wen, S C ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fiber laser; graphene; Q switching; ultrashort pulse

Indexed keywords

DUAL-WAVELENGTH; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; INTRACAVITIES; LINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPERATION REGIME; PULSED FIBER LASERS; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; RING CAVITIES; SWITCHABLE; WAVELENGTH SEPARATION; WAVELENGTH SPACING;

FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVELENGTH;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 84861812433     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2199102     Document Type: Article

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