Saturable absorber based on graphene-covered-microfiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1392-1394

  He, Xiaoying ^a,b   Liu, Zhi Bo ^a,c   Wang, D N ^a   Yang, Minwei ^a   Hu, Tian Yi ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; microfiber; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

HIGH POTENTIAL; MICRO-FIBER; MODULATION DEPTH; OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS; PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SINGLE LAYER;

GRAPHENE; POLARIZATION; POLYMER FILMS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84880547152     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2266114     Document Type: Article

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