Using graphene nano-particle embedded in photonic crystal fiber for evanescent wave modelocking of fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 16763-16776

  Lin, Yung Hsiang ^a   Yang, Chun Yu ^a   Liou, Jia Hong ^b   Yu, Chin Ping ^b   Lin, Gong Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; NANOPARTICLES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; LINEAR TRANSMITTANCE; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; RAMAN SCATTERING SPECTRA; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GRAPHITE; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84880560008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.016763     Document Type: Article

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