• DocumentCode
    2254644
  • Title

    High-power ultrafast solid-state laser using graphene based saturable absorber

  • Author

    Sun, Z. ; Lin, X.C. ; Yu, H.J. ; Hasan, T. ; Torrisi, F. ; Zhang, L. ; Sun, L. ; Guo, L. ; Hou, W. ; Li, J.M. ; Ferrari, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a graphene based saturable absorber mode-locked Nd:YVO4 solid-state laser, generating ~14nJ pulses with ~1W average output power. This shows the potential for high-power pulse generation.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; energy 14 nJ; graphene based saturable absorber mode-locked solid-state laser; high-power pulse generation; high-power ultrafast solid-state laser; power 1 W; Carbon nanotubes; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical fibers; Solid lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951214