Dual-wavelength rectangular pulse Yb-doped fiber laser using a microfiber-based graphene saturable absorber

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 10906-10913

  Zhao, Nian ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Zheng, Xu Wu ^a   Ning, Qiu Yi ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; GRAPHENE; RADAR TRACKING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; YTTERBIUM;

DUAL-WAVELENGTH; GRAPHENE SATURABLE ABSORBERS; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; PUMP POWER; RECTANGULAR PULSE; SWITCHABLE OPERATIONS; TUNABLE BAND-PASS FILTERS; YB-DOPED FIBER LASERS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84899866830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.010906     Document Type: Article

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