Evanescent-light deposition of graphene onto tapered fibers for passive Q-switch and mode-locker

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1295-1305

  Wang, Jinzhang ^a,b   Luo, Zhengqian ^a   Zhou, Min ^a   Ye, Chenchun ^a   Fu, Hongyan ^a   Cai, Zhiping ^a   Cheng, Huihui ^a   Xu, Huiying ^a   Qi, Wei ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON ELECTRONIC INFORMATION CONTROL LABORATORY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; optical deposition; Q switch and mode locker; Tapered fiber

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; ALL FIBER; DEPOSITION POWER; DEPOSITION PROCESS; DEPOSITION TIME; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FABRICATION PROCESS; IN-SITU MONITORING; INTRACAVITIES; MODE-LOCKED; OPTICAL DAMAGE THRESHOLD; PASSIVE Q SWITCHES; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHES; TAPERED FIBER; TRANSMITTED POWER;

FABRICATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GRAPHENE; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84864558181     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2208736     Document Type: Article

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