Passively Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser based on gold nanorods

Optik

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5789-5793

  Jiang, Tao ^a   Qin, Guanshi ^b   Qin, Weiping ^b   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber lasers; Gold nanorods; Q switching; Saturable absorber

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; GOLD; NANORIBBONS; NANORODS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASMONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANORODS (GNRS); LONGITUDINAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED; SEED-MEDIATED GROWTH METHODS; SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

Q SWITCHING;

EID: 85027918852     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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