Title :
Soliton Mode-Locked Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Non-Conductive Graphene Oxide Paper
Author :
Ismail, Muhammad Ali ; Ahmad, Harith ; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
A femtosecond mode-locked soliton erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is demonstrated using a commercially available nonconductive graphene oxide paper as a saturable absorber. The paper that is sandwiched between two fiber ferrules acts as a mode-locker. The EDFL generates a soliton mode-locked pulse train with a repetition rate of 15.62 MHz and pulsewidth of 680 fs. It is observed that the fiber laser has a low pulsing threshold as well as low damage threshold. The pulse energy and peak power are 0.0085 nJ and 11.85 W, respectively. The easy fabrication of graphene oxide paper should promote its potential application in ultrafast photonics.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; graphene; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; energy 0.0085 nJ; femtosecond EDFL; fiber ferrules; laser output power; low damage threshold; low pulsing threshold; nonconductive graphene oxide paper; power 11.85 W; pulse energy; saturable absorber; soliton mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser; soliton mode-locked pulse train generation; time 680 fs; ultrafast photonics; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Graphene; Laser mode locking; Ring lasers; Solitons; Ultrafast optics; Fiber lasers; laser mode locking; nanophotonics; optical pulses; optical solitions; ring lasers; ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2013.2295199
