Title :
Saturable absorption in multiple sheets of monolayer graphene for optical switching
Author :
Takahashi, Masaharu ; Ueda, Wakiko ; Goto, Nasato ; Yanagiya, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Optical saturable absorption in multiple sheets of monolayer graphene was investigated for pico-second optical switching application. Saturable absorption for a 1.56μm femto-second laser was measured in graphene which was vertically placed between optical fibers.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; C; monolayer graphene; optical fibers; optical saturable absorption; pico-second optical switching; wavelength 1.56 mum; Graphene; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical switches; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600315
