Tm-doped fiber laser mode-locked by graphene-polymer composite

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 25077-25084

  Zhang, M ^a   Kelleher, E J R ^a   Torrisi, F ^b   Sun, Z ^b   Hasan, T ^b   Popa, D ^b   Wang, F ^b   Ferrari, A C ^b   Popov, S V ^a   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; BIO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; EYE-SAFE; GRAPHENE-POLYMER COMPOSITES; LASER OSCILLATORS; LASER OUTPUT; MODE-LOCKED; MODELOCKING; TM-DOPED FIBER LASER;

FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LIGHT SOURCES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; THULIUM;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84868240365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.025077     Document Type: Article

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