Graphene saturable absorber for Q-switching and mode locking at 2 μm wavelength [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 878-883

  Xie, G Q ^a   Ma, J ^a   Lv, P ^b   Gao, W L ^a   Yuan, P ^a   Qian, L J ^a   Yu, H H ^c   Zhang, H J ^c   Wang, J Y ^c   Tang, D Y ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK LASERS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE MODE LOCKING; DIELECTRIC COATINGS; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBER MIRRORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SPECTRUM MEASUREMENT;

MIRRORS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84866537928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000878     Document Type: Article

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