1.06μm Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser using few-layer topological insulator Bi2Se3 as a saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 29516-29522

  Luo, Zhengqian ^a   Huang, Yizhong ^a   Weng, Jian ^a   Cheng, Huihui ^a   Lin, Zhiqing ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Cai, Zhiping ^a   Xu, Huiying ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; FIBER LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; YTTERBIUM;

OPTICAL DEPOSITIONS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; Q-SWITCHED PULSE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER LASERS; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 84890098355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.029516     Document Type: Article

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