Experimental study on the multisoliton pattern formation in an erbium-doped fiber laser passively mode-locked by graphene saturable absorber

Optical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Feng, Qi ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Zhao, Chujun ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wen, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Han ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene saturable absorber; mode locked fiber laser; multisoliton

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SOLITONS;

CAVITY PARAMETERS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; GRAPHENE SATURABLE ABSORBERS; HIGH ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITES; MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION; MULTISOLITON; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PATTERN FORMATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84891921576     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.4.044201     Document Type: Article

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