Title :
Fiber Fabry-Pérot laser mode-locked by graphene for the generation of supercontinuum with 10GHz mode spacing
Author :
Martinez, Amos ; Yamashita, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a passively mode-locked fiber laser with 9.67GHz fundamental repetition rate (10mm cavity length) using a graphene saturable absorber. Supercontinuum with 0.08nm mode spacing is generated using this laser and a highly nonlinear fiber.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; graphene; laser mode locking; optical saturable absorption; supercontinuum generation; C; fiber Fabry-Perot laser; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 9.67 GHz; graphene saturable absorber; highly nonlinear fiber; mode spacing; passively mode-locked fiber laser; supercontinuum generation; Cavity resonators; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
