Graphene-oxide-based saturable absorber for all-fiber Q-switching with a simple optical deposition technique

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2205-2213

  Ahmad, H ^a   Muhammad, F D ^a   Zulkifli, M Z ^a   Harun, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

erbium doped fiber laser (EDFL); Graphene oxide; Q switching; saturable absorber (SA)

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASING; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; ENERGY PER PULSE; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; GAIN MEDIUM; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM PUMP POWER; NANO POWDERS; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK POWER; PULSEWIDTHS; PUMP POWER; Q-SWITCHED; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; REPETITION RATE; RING CAVITIES;

FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; PULSE GENERATORS; PUMPS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84870984194     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2228478     Document Type: Article

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