Title :
Graphene supercapacitor as a voltage controlled saturable absorber for femtosecond pulse generation
Author :
Baylam, Isinsu ; Cizmeciyan, M. Natali ; Ozharar, Sarper ; Polat, E. Ozan ; Kocabas, Coskun ; Sennaroglu, Alphan
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Phys. & Electr.-Electron. Eng., Koc Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
For the first time to our knowledge, we employed a graphene supercapacitor as a voltage controlled saturable absorber at bias voltages of 0.5-1V to generate 84-fs pulses from a solid-state laser near 1255 nm.
Keywords :
graphene; optical control; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; voltage control; C; bias voltages; femtosecond pulse generation; graphene supercapacitor; solid-state laser; time 84 fs; voltage 0.5 V to 1 V; voltage controlled saturable absorber; wavelength 1255 nm; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Supercapacitors; Ultrafast optics; Voltage control; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
