Stable mode-locked fiber laser based on CVD fabricated graphene saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2460-2465

  Huang, Pi Ling ^a   Lin, Shau Ching ^a   Yeh, Chao Yung ^b   Kuo, Hsin Hui ^a   Huang, Shr Hau ^c   Lin, Gong Ru ^d   Li, Lain Jong ^e   Su, Ching Yuan ^e   Cheng, Wood Hi ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLITONS;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; CVD PROCESS; DENSITY OF STATE; LINEAR ABSORBANCE; MODULATION DEPTH; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; PULSE FORMATION; PULSEWIDTHS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLITON-LIKE; TIME-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GRAPHITE; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84863066788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002460     Document Type: Article

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