Mode-locked all-fiber lasers at both anomalous and normal dispersion regimes based on spin-coated MoS2 nano-sheets on a side-polished fiber

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Khazaeinezhad, Reza ^a   Kassani, Sahar Hosseinzadeh ^a   Jeong, Hwanseong ^b   Nazari, Tavakol ^a   Yeom, Dong Il ^b   Oh, Kyunghwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

mode locked fiber laser; Molybdenum Disulfide; nonlinear materials; saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER RESONATORS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSHEETS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPIN COATING; SPINNING (FIBERS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; INTRA-CAVITY DISPERSION; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; PULSED LASER OPERATION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR; SIDE-POLISHED FIBER; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84921342440     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2381656     Document Type: Article

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