• DocumentCode
    1772327
  • Title

    Graphene enabled 3 µm pulsed fiber lasers

  • Author

    Xiushan Zhu ; Fengqiu Wang ; Gongwen Zhu ; Chen Wei ; Yuanda Liu ; Yongbing Xu ; Balakrishnan, K. ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Graphene has emerged as innovative and effective saturable absorber for mid-infrared lasers. Pulsed erbium- and holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers in the 3 μm region based on graphene saturable absorbers are reported.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; graphene; holmium; lanthanum compounds; nanophotonics; optical saturable absorption; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; C; ZBLAN:Er; ZBLAN:Ho; graphene; holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers; mid-infrared lasers; pulsed erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers; pulsed fiber lasers; saturable absorber; wavelength 3 mum; Fiber lasers; Graphene; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989899