Mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on liquid phase exfoliated Sb2Te3topological insulator

Laser Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Boguslawski, J ^a   Sotor, J ^a   Sobon, G ^a   Tarka, J ^a   Jagiello, J ^b   Macherzynski, W ^a   Lipinska, L ^b   Abramski, K M ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mode locked fiber laser; Nonlinear optical materials; Saturable absorber; Topological insulator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ERBIUM; EVANESCENT FIELDS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANTIMONY TELLURIDE; ER-DOPED FIBER LASER; FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL MATERIAL; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; SIDE-POLISHED FIBER; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84907210912     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: 15556611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1054-660X/24/10/105111     Document Type: Article

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