Title :
Graphene excitable laser for photonic spike processing
Author :
Shastri, Bhavin J. ; Nahmias, Mitchell A. ; Tait, Alexander N. ; Yue Tian ; Ben Wu ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time an excitable laser using graphene. This technology is a potential candidate for applications in novel all-optical devices for information processing and computing.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; graphene; optical saturable absorption; C; all-optical devices; fibre laser; graphene excitable laser; information processing; optical computing; photonic spike processing; saturable absorber; Fiber nonlinear optics; Graphene; Laser excitation; Optical refraction; Photonics; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656424